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- Tags: pre-war
"Cadet Paul Faison to his father regarding resigning his commission at West Point," April 12 and 14, 1861
West Point N.Y. April 12, 1861
Dear Father Since,
I last wrote you [ev]ents have been daily occuring which leads to the conviction that there will be no compromise, and that the border states will be compelled to secede however unwilling they may…
"Craven County December 1860 resolutions" December 12, 1860
Craven County Meeting On yesterday the 12th December a large portion of the citizens of Craven met in the Theatre to give expression to their sentiments relative to the present alarming state of National affairs. On motion W.B. Wadsworth was called…
Tags: pre-war, Secession, sectionalism
"Election of Lincoln and Hamlin!," Fayetteville Observer, November 8, 1860
Tags: pre-war, secession crisis
"General Assembly Resolutions submitted and referred to committee", January 1861
Jan. 7, 1861. Resolved that the Governor be requested to inform the Senate if any portion of the citizens of North Carolina have consulted with him upon the propriety of taking possession of the United States forts in North Carolina or any one of…
"Glorious News!--The Union Saved!!" Fayetteville Observer, February 28, 1861
Tags: pre-war, secession crisis
"Governor's Correspondence: Arkansas Resolutions", March 28, 1861
Little Rock, March 29, 1861 To His Excellency, J.W. Ellis Governor of the State of North Carolina Sir:- By the fifth of the Series of Resolutions which I have the honor herewith to transmit to you, and which were adopted by the State Convention of…
"If the Union has prevailed..." Raleigh Weekly Standard, March 6, 1861
Tags: pre-war, secession crisis
"It is needless to remind our readers...," Fayetteville Observer, April, 18, 1861
Tags: pre-war
"Presidential Election," Carolina Watchman, November 13, 1860
Tags: pre-war, secession crisis
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Hinton Rowan Helper, 1829-1909
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