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21 May 1861: “North Carolina: A Call to Arms!!!”

Item description: This poem, printed as a broadside or handbill, was probably written just after North Carolina’s formal secession from the Union on May 20, 1861. Handbills such as this one were used to encourage new recruits to join the … Continue reading

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