On May 8, 1861, Matt Ransom resigned from the North Carolina House of Commons and accepted a commission as a Confederate officer. Like many North Carolinians, R
In the space of a few hours on the night of April 2, 1865, Richmond, the Confederate capital, was evacuated and burned, the government fled, slavery was finishe
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a
compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration for the state of North Carolina. Sponsored by Nor
Wait details the division of the Union from Lincoln's election day in November of 1860 to the middle of June 1861. He describes the various phases of secession,