Confederate States of America -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Sherman Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-157
Scope and Contents
This collection of original and photocopied items is comprised of correspondence and newspaper clippings encompassing nearly 100 years, from 1849 to 1938. Especially of note is the correspondence dating from the time of the U.S. Civil War 1861- 1865. The letters paint a poignant image of life in the confederacy.
Dates:
1849-1938
Found in:
Special Collections
Confederate flag and processional cross, circa 1861-1865
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC Realia 001
Scope and Contents
Contains a Confederate flag and a processional cross from the Civil War, connected to Alfred Charles Ward, who served in Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment North Carolina.
Dates:
circa 1861-1865
Stephen Graham Presidential Pardon
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-006
Scope and Contents
On August 21, 1865, President Andrew Johnson pardoned Stephen Graham of Duplin County, North Carolina, for “taking part in the late rebellion against the Government of the United States…” Signed in Washington D.C., by Johnson and his Acting Secretary of State, it was a “full pardon and amnesty for all offenses by him committed, arising from participation, direct or implied, in the said rebellion.”Amnesty was to take effect on the day Graham took the loyalty oath prescribed in the...
Dates:
1865 May 29
Found in:
Special Collections