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Stewart, J.J. Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 20 (May 14, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.29.02 Author/Creator: Stewart, J.J. Place Written: Salisbury, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 14 May 1861 Pagination: 2 p. ; 63.4 x 46.7 cm. Order a Copy

Conditions of Peace Required of the so-called Seceded States.

Reports from the past state legislature are printed. Ads request volunteers for the Salisbury Grays and the Engineers, artillery, infantry, and cavalry. An article provides advice to volunteers about how to survive sickness during the war. An editorial valorizes Southern military leaders. A North Carolina act to raise 10,000 troops outlines attempts to increase military, and captions of other acts are included. This issue has international connections to the Confederacy, including Brazil and Cuba.

This collection is a weekly paper, with J.J. Stewart and W.L. Saunders as editors and proprietors. The Salisbury Banner appeared as a semi-weekly from 1854 to 1861, a weekly from 1852 to 1862, a tri-weekly from 1865 to 1867, and was known as the Daily Union Banner from 1865 to 1866 and the Salisbury Daily Banner from 14 November 1865 to 30 November 1865.

Salisbury is the county seat of Rowan County, North Carolina. Named for Salisbury, England, on the banks of the Avon River, the North Carolina town was settled prior to the Revolutionary War.

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