The Confederate Loyalist Rally and Public Resolve
A garbled but resilient pro-Confederate exhortation urges unity and continued resistance. It extols fervor in soldiers and civilians, cites battles and readiness, and laments Yankee pressure while urging firm resolve and patriotic sacrifice. The piece frames loyalty as essential to any peace and frames collective action as the path forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Nike
Perrade
Iowa
Ant
Gworst
Stengele
Glorious Future Amid Decline and War Clouds
The piece laments gloom and revolution while praising an ideal future blessed by divine favor. It asserts perseverance, national pride, and loyalty, predicting peace and prosperity under shared sacrifice despite ongoing turmoil and threats from enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veel
Retian
Taul Pollu
Periop
Lappy
Ancela
Deserter activity and violent killings reported in Forsyth County
Citizens face ongoing depredations as deserters terrorize Forsyth County. A soldier, Mr. Holcombe, was bushwhacked on the 12th, body shot and scalp removed. Authorities vow swift retribution. locals mourn a valued veteran and farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serters
F. Baiswis
Eifartis
Sai Hope
Forsyth County
Vance
Asheville
Holcombe
Marsha
Koswa
Confederate Strategy and Desertion Debate Spreads
The article surveys Confederate aims around Weldon Railroad and Petersburg, noting Grant’s moves, potential Confederate countermeasures, and the need to strike or abandon lines. It discusses military threats, attempts to suppress desertion, and calls for swift punishment of those who oppose the state, urging unity and reform.
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Grant
Weldon
Gen. le
Teas
Richmond
P.tersbrrz
Danville
Petereburg
Danyvillé
Sheridan
Harpers Parry
Maryland
Gton
Penn
Senatyoia
Bwest
Tiineis
Ptana
Kentucky
Amine Dew
Ric
Eriesurag
Shore County
Forsythe
Wilkes
War profiteers and price evaders threaten Confederate effort
The article denounces selling last year’s corn at high prices and urges officers to conscript violators. It laments war profiteering amid abundant harvests and calls for public vigilance, social resolve, and charity to uphold currency and support the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederacy
Courtesies to the Enemy and a Raid into Tennessee
General Beauregard issues Special Order No. 15 forbidding any communication with the enemy and praising unwavering devotion to the Confederacy. Col. Rowan with 250 men raided into Tennessee, destroying a 780 foot railroad bridge at London, capturing 75 prisoners and seizing blankets and uniforms, with 5 killed and 12 wounded on our side and about 40 Yankees killed.
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Beauregard
Bauregard
Ratpo
Col. Rowan
Bas
Tennessee
Tennessee River
Londes
Des
Qnr
Tennessee Line
Weldon
Clingman
Maj. Lawson
Fifty-fifth
Virginia
Crawford
Petersburg Diary Note on Prison Base Game and Promotions
Private letters from Petersburg dated August 1864 recount a chaotic retreat in a “prison base” style engagement, heavy rain, and painful losses. It notes Capt. Edward Mallett’s promotion to Major of the 61st North Carolina and lists Confederate officers held at Fort Delaware. The piece also mentions Confederate troops in the Trans Mississippi and local aviation curiosities in Britain, with no Federal troops on Texas mainland.
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Petersburg
Tagain
Yartees
Hethia
Leos Slive
Clinemin
Edward Mallett
61St
N.C
Peterburg
Atlanta
Sawyer
Jarson
4Th Texas Cavalry
Kilpatrick
Wheeler
West Point
Fairboro
Macon
Andersonville
Etowah
Resaca
Dalton
North Carolina
Tany Soldom
Robert EB. Lee
Zebulon B. Vance
Ldiers
Home Guard
Raleigh
Z. B. Vance
Sannaway
Juil
Otice
Cacawha
Ueyre
Hugh Carlile
Geo. Henderson
A. J. Helten
Newton N.C
Agath Carnolina
Lesol County Court
Ralph Blevins
Superior Court of An
County of
Ashe
Jefferson
E. ©. Bartle
Eay
Menda
Memphis Attack Report and Civil War Updates
Telegraphic dispatches from Senatobia and Petersburg describe a morning assault on Memphis with rumors of capture and a small Federal force. Reports also note Oxford, riot violence in New Orleans, and large Confederate casualties including officers. Kilpatrick’s raid near Atlanta and Jonesboro engagements are summarized with depot and post office destruction and pursuit. Colonial correspondence covers Goldsboro update on Col. Kennedy.
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Morris
Mobile Register
Senatobia
Memphis
Oxford
Jackson
New Orleans
Canby
Mobile
Atlanta
Macon
Hoss
Jonesboro
Lovejoy’s
Reynold
Armstrong
Ross
Kilpatrick
Hnemy
Georgia
McDonough
Decatur
Wheeler
Governor’s Executive Department Orders Nonstandard Drafting
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate an executive directive involving sending bills and newspaper copies within a two week span. The text mentions A.M. McPaverers and a general governor’s action across daily and other papers.
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A.M. McPaverers
Books for sale by Barnson and Farrar in Raleigh listing titles and prices
A long 1864 catalog from Barnson and Farrar Raleigh offering medical office notices and a wide range of books. It lists school primers, readers, geography, poetry, history, religious and military titles, novels and periodicals with prices and postage details. Names include J Brenson Hill Mangum A W Mangum Dr Joseph Cross and Miss Evans.
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Agra
Johnser
Geograph
York
J. Brenson
Hill
MH Oil
Mead
Bev AW Mangas
Dixie Primer
Dixie Reader
M Bb Moore
Rev A W Mangum
Hunten
Laaoder
Bingham
Wesleyan
Ecd
Joseph Cross
Stounewall Jackson
Southern Model Letter Writer
Var
EH Pollard
S. W
Vicksburg
Neeley
Deems
Age—A New Monthly
Southern Literary Messenger
Stonewall Jackson
Grote
Greece
Bancroft
United States
Abbot
TM Ba
Charles
Manly
H F Buckner
Robert Cushman
T C Wimberly
Uncle Charles
Napoleon
Warren
School of the Guides
Maceria
Miss Evans
William Mitten
Longstr
Duncan Adair
Lady Audrey
M E Braddon
Robert
Harold
K F Goulding
Eleanor
St. Dennis
Jean Valjean
Morgan
Mep
Silas Marner
Nail
Barnson & Farrar
Raleigh, N
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J Narrell
H D Bowster
J Whithurst
L Johnson
J B Coffield
E A Carver
WH Day
P M Guyther
J A Uartstelt
M Uarget
A J Howser
J A Latham
J J McMillian
Transississippi
Mississippi
Kirby Smith
Hood
Potomac
Courier
Christ Cauren
Hants
Hast
Royal Geographical Society
Texas
Telegraphic
the Press Association
A. P. Hill
Ninth Corps
Goldsborw
Col. Kennedy
Goldabore
Trinity College
Wetec
Geytrav Hospitans
P.E. Hines
Surg
Burke
Sarah Fisher
Perkins Johnson
Elizabeth
George Fisher
James James
Sarah
Thomas Fisher
Confederate
Morganton
J. B. Kincaid
J.B. Kincaid
C.C
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