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Letter, N. H. Boyd to Eudora Hobbs; 4/18/1861

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Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her cousin, N. H. Boyd, in Jackson, Mississippi, telling her about the local excitement over Virginia's secession from the Union. She writes that military companies are passing through frequently on their way to Pensacola, Florida. She tells of their great rejoicing when Fort Sumter was taken. 1861.

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Mississippi State University. Libraries

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Agriculture
  2. Civil War
  3. Civil War, 1861 1865
  4. History
  5. United States

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