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Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892 Weekly standard. [Vol. 29, no. 1, whole no. 1452 (December 31, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.22.04 Author/Creator: Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892 Place Written: Raleigh, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 31 December 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 63.5 cm, Width: 46.5 cm Order a Copy

The Yankees at Newbern, Legislature of North Carolina.
A report of the conflict with the Confederate leadership in Georgia occurs on the front page of this issue. An editorial from the Atlanta Intelligencer discusses the sovereignty of the Confederacy in its conscription. A report on the state of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discusses needs specific to the war. An editorial defines the Ten Regiment Bill. This issue contains a significantly higher number of ads. A letter from a soldier at Fredericksburg is printed here. A couple of different lists of donations to North Carolina troops are included, as is a poem about an amputee vet. Water stained.

Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892

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