Confederate Broadside, 1862.

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Confederate Broadside, 1862.

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One Confederate broadside, "To the People of Western Virginia," issued by Maj. Gen. [William Wing] Loring, noting recent victories at Fayette C. H., Cotton Hill, and Charleston, imposing martial law, and calling upon citizens to join the Confederate army. The broadside begins "The Army of the Confederate States has come among you to expel the enemy, to rescue the people from the despotism of the counterfeit State Government imposed on you by Northern bayonets, and to restore the country once more to its natural allegiance to the State" and continues in a similar vein. Charleston, Virginia, 14 Sept. 1862.

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University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886

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Florida legislator and Confederate brigadier general. From the description of Papers, 1861-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903019 Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on December 4, 1818. Member of the Florida legislature. Member of the Mount Rifles, 1846-1848. Colonel in U. S. Army 1856-1861. Resigned from U. S. Army in 1861. Commanded First Division Department of Norfolk, Confederate States of America, 1862, and the Department of Southwestern Virginia...