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Newspaper
Weekly Confederate
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1865
Page
2
A Confederate paper denounces rumors and panic while urging steadfast resolve. It praises Governor Vance and military discipline under Gatlin, stresses loyalty, and warns against disloyalty as Union forces close in. It calls for orderly leadership and stressed public duty.
Reports describe the detainment and transport of Yankee prisoners under harsh conditions, with illness and deaths noted. The piece criticizes the enemy and outlines humanitarian concerns, then notes a suspension of publication due to threat to Charlotte and reduced issue size. Also mentions Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention nominating last year’s ticket and opposition to the expansion amendment. It includes details of five-story buildings in Coerry Street housing 900 people.
A Goldsboro assembly featured Governor Vance urging Southern unity and resistance to Lincoln’s terms. He criticized emancipation policy, warned of confiscation of slaves, and urged women and families to bolster the war effort while pledging to press for a decisive end to hostilities. The talk framed the conflict as defense of state sovereignty and independence.
From Charleston South Carolina word arrives of the evacuation night when about 590 Union troops landed, destroying the steam ships, spiking the guns, and burning King Street area. The fire originates from depot powder and a looting crowd, leaving Charleston a heap of ruins with fires raging in multiple districts. Reports say soldiers and locals blame the chaos on sabotage and pillage before Union occupation. A Fayetteville telegraph note adds officers and supply details, praising rations and boxes to sol diers as winter continues.
From Charlotte Feb 25 General Orders No 1 appoint Jos E Johnston to command the Army of Tennessee and all troops in South Carolina Georgia and Florida He calls absent soldiers to rejoin regiments and vows to uphold discipline and valor amid ongoing movements and cautions reforms amid Union pressure
Richmond dispatches describe Senate consideration of the bill to abolish the Department Quartermasters office and House amendments. Reports from the peace mission and Lincoln-era disclosures appear, with notes on Fort Anderson losses, and Confederate cavalry actions near Charlotte. Georgia and Mississippi movements, Forrest’s command, and Brown’s Georgia address urging militia control and provisioning reforms are also cited.
A wartime pamphlet-maker laments conscription and slave arming while condemning federal overreach. He argues enslaved people protect state welfare through labor, opposes arming them, criticizes Congress, and urges state-led troop raising, constitutional fixes, and a convention to curb presidential power.
Northern papers report Wilmington occupied by Union troops, Palmore in Kentucky, guerrilla activity on the Arkansas River, and a burned steamer. The Yankee House passes a bill on rebel land titles, while Kentucky rejects the slavery amendment. Notices include a runaway or missing boy in Cabarrus County, a Confederate auction house ad in Raleigh, and tobacco and snuff ads from Graham North Carolina.
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