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Tar Heel Turmoil

Lincoln Is an Old Goose or the Devil As of 150 years ago today North Carolina still had not seceded from the Union. In the aftermath of Fort Sumter and Lincoln’s call for volunteers, things weren’t looking too good to … Continue reading

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Southern Rights Party

From The New-York Times March 23, 1861 (The New York Times Archive REPORTS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. GOLDSBORO’, Friday, March 22. A very large and enthusiastic meeting of the Southern Rights citizens of North Carolina was held to-day, at the Court-house, … Continue reading

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