13 Apr 1864
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Newspaper
Weekly Confederate
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1864
Page
1
Classified notice offering subscription options for the Confederate. Terms include daily, tri weekly, and weekly editions with six month periods. No other terms or durations are accepted.
A historical editorial argues that able bodied men should be drafted for the army while nonessential state officials, including many Justices of the Peace in North Carolina, should be exempt only if not needed at home. It cites Governor Vance and Governor Smith of Virginia as examples, estimating that two brigades could be formed from Justices of the Peace. The piece stresses public support for compulsory service to strengthen the army with minimal home disruption.
A Civil War era column discusses Secretary of War Seppox endorsement on militia rules. It notes men aged eighteen to forty five to be conscripted, reserve forces may stay in state organizations, and calls for distrustful Home Guard officers to be under Confederate control. The piece urges one unified command under Confederate authority for Raleigh defense.
The Raleigh issue urges a national day of fasting humiliation and prayer seeking divine aid for leaders and a peaceful outcome. It reports on local commentary about Gov Brown Habeas corpus and tax laws, a Powder Mills explosion injuring seven and killing one, and bleak April weather. It also carries Richmond summaries from the North, Confederate reflections on Jefferson Davis era politics, and dispatches from Arkansas and New Orleans about Confederate and Union movements and treasury notes.
Our Richmond exchanges report that a flag of truce boat will arrive today with many Confederate prisoners for exchange and Yankee prisoners will be returned. Commissioner Ould has returned from Old Point after resolving cartel issues. An interview between Commissioner Quid and Butler occurred, but details are not yet known. Some Richmond papers allege a humiliating concession to Butler.
War Department dispatch from General Beaurecord transmitted via Major-General Patton Anderson reports the destruction on Saturday of a large double stack side-wheel steamer on the St John s River Florida opposite Doctor s Lake near Jacksonville. The vessel believed to be the Maple Leaf, seized last summer by Confederate prisoners who escaped in a coup de main. No casualties noted and method of destruction unclear.
A blend of partisan rhetoric attacking Union sources, categorized notices, and a long catalog of Civil War era books and supplies. The item lists a machinist wanted in South Carolina, then enumerates Southern publications and primers, with an 1863 legal notice about Henry Cawthorn's executor.
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