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1st Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers [Invitation to a 4th of July celebration sponsored by the Ist Regt. N.C. Union Volunteers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02254.21 Author/Creator: 1st Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers Place Written: Fort Macon, North Carolina Type: Document Date: 4 July 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 13 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Printed invitation requesting Renshaw's presence at a 4th of July celebration at Fort Macon. Includes an "Order of Exercise" listing a variety of activities for the day, including music, prayer, a reading of the Declaration of Independence and a fireworks performance at "8 1/2 o'clock, PM."

Renshaw, Richard T., 1822-1879

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