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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 8 (June 26, 1863)]

Details from Vicksburg, The Fall of Puebla, The Battle of Chanellorsville in England.
The Confederate Treasurer sends out a circular about governmental payments and currency. An editorial expresses the idea that war is unending and true independence...

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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 11 (July 17, 1863)]

Great Battle at Gettysburg, Bombardment of Vicksburg.

Notes from General Toombs's state of the country report are printed. Several articles examine different facets of the Battle of Vicksburg, as well as a Confederate account of the Battle of...

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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 12 (July 24, 1863)]

Vice-President Stephens at Fortress Monroe, Great Riot in New York - Conscription Register, Raid on Wytheville.

An article describes a lightning incident. Several articles report war activity, and congressional election results are noted. A long...

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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 13 (July 31, 1863)]

Stonewall Jackson's Name and Memory, Morgan in Trouble at Ohio River, The Third Days Fight at Gettysburg.

An article describes the last battle of Stonewall Jackson. Mr. Grissom remarks in the House of Commons on habeas corpus in the Confederacy. An...

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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 14 (August 6, 1863)]

The Riot in New York - How it served the Negroes, The Fall of Port Hudson, President Davis' Proclamation - Amnesty to Deserters, Important Orders from General Lee and Cooper.

Hon. C.L. Vallandigham addressed the people of Ohio. A manifesto to Mexico...

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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 16 (August 20, 1863)]

From England - Roebuck Withdraws his motion for Recognition of the South, The Pope on the American War, Geiorgia Impressment Case.

A long letter to the editor regarding secession and its incumbent responsibilities takes up almost the entire front...

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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 21 (September 24, 1863)]

The Fight in Culpepper.

An editorial examines Lincoln's comments regarding the fruitlessness of present Southern actions. An article describes the state of the Mississippi River and its ports. Statistics from the 1860 census reveal fears of...

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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 23 (October 8, 1863)]

Sufferings of Confederate Prisoners after Gettysburg, Yankee Planters in Louisiana, General Lee's Official Report on Invasion of Pennsylvania.

Several news briefs outline current events in North Carolina. An article describes the sufferings of...

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People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 31 (December 3, 1863)]

Suffering of Soldiers in Bragg's Army, Chickamauga a Month After the Fight.
An editorial deplores the practice of kidnapping free white men for conscription. A brief article describes the desolation of harvest and land near Richmond. Governor Vance...

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Weekly Catawba journal. [Vol. 3, no. 126 (January 7, 1862)]

News items include Battle at Picken's Re-Opened, General Pillow Resigns at Columbus, The Attempt to Block Charleston Harbor, The Battle at Fort Pickens, Colonel McIntosh's Recent Battle, General McClellan Sick With Typhoid Fever, Federal Vessels...

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Salisbury banner.

The masthead describes this paper as "a weekly Democratic newspaper, devoted to politics, agriculture, commerce, the mechanic arts, education, news, the markets, and miscellaneous reading."

This collection contains both weekly and semi-weekly...

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Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 19 (May 10, 1861)]

Proclamation by Governor Letcher of Virginia, Proclamation by John W. Ellist of North Carolina.
This issue contains two war poems on the front page, with a short message about the spirit of liberty. An editorial pins God with certain sides of war...

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Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 20 (May 14, 1861)]

Conditions of Peace Required of the so-called Seceded States.

Reports from the past state legislature are printed. Ads request volunteers for the Salisbury Grays and the Engineers, artillery, infantry, and cavalry. An article provides advice to...

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Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 21 (May 21, 1861)]

General Lee to Take Control of Forces in Virginia, Schooner "Indiana" Seized, Attack Expected at Harper's Ferry, Arkansas Admitted to the Confederate States.
Semi-Weekly

An editorial compares the Confederacy with the pre-Revolutionary Americans...

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Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 48 (September 3, 1861)]

The Confederate Tax Laws, Battles of Oak Hill and Mesilla.
Semi-Weekly
The Confederate tax law is printed here. A brief notice mentions the lack of American allegiance among Mormons in Utah. A letter to the editor describes circumstances in South...

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Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 53 (September 20, 1861)]

Governor Jackson Announces his Intentions of Moving the Capital to Lexington, General Lee Has Taken General Reynolds Prisoner, Article Concerning Parson Brownlow.
The Stay Law, an act to change the jurisdiction of the courts and the rules of pleading...

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Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 54 (September 24, 1861)]

Letter from the Captain of the Sumter - R. Semmes.
The first section of the Stay Law is reprinted here (see previous issue). An editorial responds to letters to the editor concerning the topic of discussion.

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Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 57 (October 4, 1861)]

Proclamation by Ben McCulloch.
An article describes the British government's attitude toward the North, and another describes medicinal quinine. A lengthy list of contributions received at the local depository is included. A proclamation of General...

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Daily North Carolina standard. [Vol. 1, no. 187 (November 23, 1865)]

Georgia Convention Speech of Joshua Hill, Wade Hampton to the People of South Carolina.

Unionist newspaper. Masthead quotes Webster: "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable."

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Newbern progress. [Vol. 5, no. 94 (January 24, 1863)]

Official orders, including about alcohol, black soldiers, and travel. A poem for a new "Yankee Doodle." Articles include The Battle at Springfield, Fight at Blackwater, Official report of Major General Foster. A few reports on foreign news -- Russia...

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Church intelligencer. [Vol. 5, no. 4 (October 5, 1864)]

Article titles include The Church and the Army and Prayers During the War. A variety of religious articles examining the repentance of David, prayer (with a note encouraging readers to pray for prisoners of war), self conscience, superstitions, etc...

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Church intelligencer. [Vol. 5, no. 5 (October 12, 1864)]

Selections discuss grace, the Lord's prayer, the pity of God, and self denial. Account of the visit by the Bishop to St. Peters Church. An editorial examines proposed changes to creeds in the American Anglican church. A didactic piece serves to train...

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Church intelligencer. [Vol. 5, no. 6 (October 19, 1864)]

An editorial comments that in these sorrowing times, the consolations of God are even more greatly needed. Minutes from the Ravenscroft Conference are printed. Further editorials discuss the filioque or American change of creed, with attention given...

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Church intelligencer. [Vol. 5, New Series, no. 7 (October 26, 1864)]

Article titles include Slavery in America, Bishop Colenso and the Cause of His Infidelity, An Important Discovery - A Christian Temper is Everything, A Religious Conversation - Sources of Evil and the Causes.

An English editorial on slavery in...

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Church intelligencer. [Vol. 5, no. 25 (March 16, 1865)]

A description of the occupation and destruction of Columbia includes details to the pillage and burning of the city. Correspondence between Sherman and General Hampton concerns Sherman's march and pillage through South Carolina, with special...

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