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Tag Archives: military service
7 May 1862: “Whereas, At the time prescribed by law for listing taxable property in this State, many of its citizens were in the military service of their State and of the Confederate States…”
Item description: This ordinance, passed by North Carolina’s Secession Convention, instructs sheriffs to “collect only the single tax” (rather than a “double tax”) from soldiers who had failed to list their taxes in a timely manner due to military service. … Continue reading
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Tagged finances, home front, homefront, military service, North Carolina, Secession Convention, soldier conditions, taxes
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30 January 1862: “WHEREAS, It is of great importance to manufacture Salt in the interior of this State…”
Item description: Salt continued to be of great importance to the North Carolina Secession Convention as evidenced by this ordinance. In it, the convention exempts the owners and operators of “The Chatham Salt Mining and Manufacturing Company” from militia service, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chatham Salt Mining and Manufacturing Company, convention, military service, militias, North Carolina, North Carolina Convention, ordinances, salt, Secession Convention
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31 July 1861: “Students who were with us at the opening of the present year are now to be found in arms under the banners of every State in the Confederacy…”
Item description: Circular letter, 31 July 1861, from UNC President David Swain to students discouraging them from enlisting in the Confederate Army. Since 1795, he writes, nothing had occurred to cause the university to close, and he did not anticipate … Continue reading
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Tagged Chapel Hill, David Swain, enlistment, military service, students, University of North Carolina
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