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Governor John A. Andrew to John M. Forbes, May 20, 1861 (Send chocolate to the troops.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/governor-john-andrew-to-john-m-forbes.html

Diary of Caroline Cowles Richards: May 20, 1861 (“Every one learns war poems now-a-days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-caroline-cowles-richards-may.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 20, 1861 (Mobile to New Orleans by steamer. Secessionist spirit strong in NOLA.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-20.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 20, 1861 (Jones describes his new boss, Secretary of War Leroy Walker. “I predict for him a short career.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-20.html

North Carolina’s Ordinance of Secession

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I left off the link to the last item.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2011/10/north-carolinas-ordinance-of-secession.html