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This document is the result of the discussions that took place in the North Carolina House of Commons in regarding slavery and its changing place in society. Overall, the document is a defense of the institution of slavery; although it expresses a desire to keep the Union together, it strongly foreshadows the Civil War. This document contains a list of the soldiers who were sent from the North Carolina Militia to fight in the War of Register of North Carolina Troops, This document contains a catalog of North Carolinian soldiers who were enlisted to fight for the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War.
The records are broken down by department, and indicate each man's name, rank, date of commission, and occupation. This document contains a catalog of North Carolinian soldiers who were enlisted to fight for the Confederacy towards the end of the Civil War. This register's records are slightly more pared down than the previous register, containing name, rank, and date of commission, but leaving out occupational listings.
W and North Carolina Court of Impeachments. Argument in the Impeachment Trial of W. This document contains the arguments presented during the impeachment trial of Governor W.
W Holden. A significant aspect of the document is the discussion of the role that the military can play in making a public officer eligible for impeachment, and specifically the ways in which Holden's use of the military made him unfit for office. W Holden Kerr, W. This document chronicles the efforts made by various groups in North Carolina to attract immigrants from the North shortly after the Civil War.
The same month the U. With fewer French to fight, British troops sailed for America. The British blockaded the east coast, attacked Washington, and burned the White House.
By neither side could claim clear victory, and the two nations sent diplomats to negotiate peace. On December 24, they signed the Treaty of Ghent, which restored political boundaries in North America, established a boundary commission to resolve disputes over territory between the U. With Napoleon defeated, the causes of the war — impressment and blockade of trade — were no longer an issue. Ironically, the most memorable battle of the war was fought two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed, but before news of it reached the U.
British troops on board ships in the Gulf of Mexico came ashore to take New Orleans, and in a major battle on January 8, , an American army led by Major General Andrew Jackson soundly defeated the British. More than two thousand British soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or missing, while the American forces lost only a hundred men. The victory helped cheer a nation tired of war, and the fame Jackson earned helped propel him to the Presidency a decade later.
The war was hugely expensive; the burning of the capital was embarrassing, and the one thing the U. Skip to main content. Board of Education and School Desegregation Brown v. During the War of , as a licensed privateer operating up and down the Atlantic Coast, he brought in large quantities of supplies useful to the war effort.
Captain Johnston Blakely lived in Wilmington and in Pittsboro; after attending the University of North Carolina, he began a naval career. As the commander of several warships he sailed boldly around England capturing and destroying British shipping efforts.
On the last occasion, after seizing a valuable cargo and placing a prize crew aboard to take it to America, he sailed east. Soon, smoke was seen on the horizon but the fate of Captain Blakely and his ship was never determined.
The North Carolina General Assembly gave his young daughter a handsome silver tea service and provided funds for her education. He read law in Salisbury and was licensed to practice in the state, living in Greensboro for a time before moving west to Tennessee.
In the War of , he became the hero of the Battle of New Orleans , where he won a great victory with few American losses. Because of the long time it took for messages to cross the Atlantic Ocean, this battle was fought after the terms of peace had been agreed upon. The War of , which lasted more than three years, settled almost nothing. The British no longer stopped American ships on the high seas, but neither Canada nor Florida was seized by the United States as many people had expected.
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