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Newspaper
Weekly Confederate
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1864
Page
2
The piece condemns wartime controls and power, notes Confederate leaders praised for defending liberty, and reports on battles near Gettysburg. It lists North Carolina regiments in Hill and Ewell corps, and notes Generals Kemper Lee Chesnut and Kilpatrick, with local casualty and prisoner counts and predicted grim outcomes.
A Confederate House session features North Carolina lawmakers defending loyalty and peace aims, disputing press reports, and urging independence negotiations. Debates reference Hoke and Cooke victories, Confederate bonds and notes, and proposed funding and tax measures.
A letter from North Carolina officers and soldiers confined at Johnson's Island in Lake Erie commends Governor Vance. It praises his administration, cites patriotism, and argues the Federal policy harms the South while expressing hopeful support for Vance's policies. Signed by 227 men from nearly every county. March 31, 1864.
Excerpts from the Richmond Examiner relay Messrs Jamies 51 and James T Leach of this State in Congress. Jamieson criticizes political spleen while Leach shifts toward peace on independence terms or, lacking that, on any terms short of subjugation. A second personal explanation may be needed to prove non submission.
A public letter from Wharton J. Green and others denounces Union policy and predicts dire effects of Reconstruction. The authors urge North Carolina to insist on independence and a peace that recognizes the Confederacy as a free nation, warning that submissive terms would ruin the South and empower the federal government. The communicator signs as a committee including Henry S. Jordan and James M. Mayo.
John W. Cunningham, appointed by the Chairman, to address the Governors invite to speak. J. W. Hunt chairs the Fayetteville Observer event with J D Whazrws in Milton, praising Sim 22 son of Potaoh county and defending loyalty amid treason charges.
A Baltimore American report quotes a Yankee prisoner detailing brutal conditions on Belle Isle. He describes extreme starvation with decayed rations, wormy meat, and squalid water while noting moments of morale during Kilpatrick's raid and the singing of Yankee anthems among inmates.
On April 28 1864 in the county courthouse Col J W Hunt chaired a public meeting. A committee reported resolutions urging defense of the Confederate cause expressing loyalty to C S A constitutional liberty and support for Gov Vance with unanimous adoption.
A Civil War era meeting resolves faith in President Davis and Governor Vaner, pledges support for re election, and denounces W W Holden. It also backs Senator Jao W. E of Columbus County and Col. F. George as a legislative candidate. A copy goes to Wilmington Journal and Fayetteville Observer. The piece notes Vallandigham’s potential delegate role per Cincinnati Enquirer.
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