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Tag Archives: Confederate States of America
17 February 1863: “To arms, fellow citizens, come to share with us our dangers, our brilliant success, or our glorious death.”
Item Description: Letter, 17 February 1863, to the authorities and citizens of Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, warning of an impending attack on both cities, and Special Orders No. 44, issued to Brigadier General Thomas Lanier Clingman, advising his brigade to prepare … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged call to arms, Charleston, clingman's brigade, Confederate Army, Confederate States of America, naval operations, Savannah, special orders, Thomas Lanier Clingman, United States Navy
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9 February 1863: “I was particularly edified by a Pocahontas in a low necked white mans lin saving the life of Captain Smith, (C.S. Uniform) from Powhatan gorgeously arrayed in Masonic regalia and feathers”
Item Description: Letter, 9 February 1863, from Benjamin Lewis Blackford to his mother, Mary B. Blackford, discussing events in Richmond. The Blackford family was a prominent, although not wealthy, Virginia family. Item Citation: From folder 84 of the Blackford Family Papers … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged babies, Baptist Preachers, Benjamin Lewis Blackford, Blackford Family, Confederate States of America, courting, entertainment, Pocahontas, Richmond
Comments Off on 9 February 1863: “I was particularly edified by a Pocahontas in a low necked white mans lin saving the life of Captain Smith, (C.S. Uniform) from Powhatan gorgeously arrayed in Masonic regalia and feathers”
17 February 1862: “…the State of North Carolina will, and doth hereby assume the payment of the tax known as the war tax, levied by the government of the Confederate States upon the people of North Carolina…”
Item description: This ordinance, passed by North Carolina’s Secession Convention, called on state government to “assume the payment of the tax known as the war tax, [which was] levied by the government of the Confederate States upon the people of … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Confederate States of America, currency, finances, North Carolina, ordinances, Secession Convention, taxes
Comments Off on 17 February 1862: “…the State of North Carolina will, and doth hereby assume the payment of the tax known as the war tax, levied by the government of the Confederate States upon the people of North Carolina…”
4 February 1862: “So far as the Executive could, he has applied for payment to the Confederate States…”
Item description: Correspondence from Governor Henry Toole Clark to Weldon N. Edwards, President of North Carolina’s Secession Convention, concerning the state’s claims against the Confederate government. Item citation: “Claims of North Carolina Against the Confederate Government.” Documents of the Convention … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Confederate States of America, finances, Henry T. Clark, North Carolina, Secession Convention, Weldon N. Edwards
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8 January 1862: “[President Jefferson Davis] never names Beauregard. I think, after all, he does not like him or think much of him. I am not sure but the Sec’y of War is in the same category.”
Item description: Entry, 8 January 1862, from the diary of Thomas Bragg (Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1863), written in Richmond, Va. Bragg comments on Confederate foreign relations, arrangements for the delivery of mail abroad, events in … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Confederate cabinet, Confederate States of America, foreign relations, Jefferson Davis, Missouri, Richmond, Thomas Bragg, Virginia
Comments Off on 8 January 1862: “[President Jefferson Davis] never names Beauregard. I think, after all, he does not like him or think much of him. I am not sure but the Sec’y of War is in the same category.”
6 January 1862: “Smuggling was spoken [of] and Mr. Memminger said the Gov’t winked at it because of our necessities…”
Item description: Entry, 6 January 1862, from the diary of Thomas Bragg (Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1863), written in Richmond, Va. [Transcription available below images.] Item citation: From the Thomas Bragg Papers, 3304-z, Southern Historical Collection, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged attorney general, Christopher G. Memminger, Confederate cabinet, Confederate States of America, diaries, Richmond, Thomas Bragg, Virginia
Comments Off on 6 January 1862: “Smuggling was spoken [of] and Mr. Memminger said the Gov’t winked at it because of our necessities…”
3 January 1862: “Upon the whole it will be almost certain that they will involve themselves in a war with England before the winter is over.”
Item description: Entry, 3 January 1862, from the diary of Thomas Bragg (Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1863) written while Bragg was in Richmond, Va. This entry comments on the Trent Affair and foreign relations and relates … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged attorney general, Confederate States of America, England, foreign relations, Richmond, Thomas Bragg, Trent Affair, Virginia
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27 June 1861: An Ordinance to Cede to the Confederate States, the Property in and Jurisdiction over the Forts, Light Houses, Beacons, Marine Hospitals and Mint in North Carolina
Item description: An ordinance by the North Carolina Secession Convention ceding parcels of land formerly held by the United States government to the new government of the Confederate States of America. Item Transciption: [No. 29.] AN ORDINANCE TO CEDE TO … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged beacons, Confederate States of America, forts, hospitals, lighthouses, mints, North Carolina, ordinances, Secession Convention
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19 June 1861: “An Ordinance to Ratify the Constitution of the Confederate States of America”
Item description: An ordinance, passed by the North Carolina Secession Convention, to ratify the Constitution of the Confederate States of America. Item Transciption: [No. 11.] AN ORDINANCE TO RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. WHEREAS, On the … Continue reading
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Tagged Confederate States of America, Constitution, North Carolina, ordinances, secession, Secession Convention
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5 June 1861: “…jurisdiction…is hereby ceded to the Confederate States of America, for the purpose of maintaining and erecting therein Arsenals, Magazines, or other necessary buildings…”
Item description: “An Ordinance Vesting in the Confederate States of America Jurisdiction Over Certain Tracts of Land in the Town of Fayetteville and County of Cumberland” No. 2. Item Transcription: [No. 2.] AN ORDINANCE VESTING IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF … Continue reading
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Tagged Confederate States of America, Cumberland County, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Arsenal, ordinances, Secession Convention
Comments Off on 5 June 1861: “…jurisdiction…is hereby ceded to the Confederate States of America, for the purpose of maintaining and erecting therein Arsenals, Magazines, or other necessary buildings…”