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The Western Democrat
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Reported mutiny among 500 Abolitionist soldiers in Newbern, N.C., who refused to fight under the Abolitionist flag, claiming to be Democrats. Some captured, most escaped; intense excitement; traitor Stanly fled to gunboat; triggered by reported advance of Generals Jackson and Evans.
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Raleigh State Journal learns from a source
perfectly reliable that a mutiny broke out amongst
the Abolitionists at Newbern, at the close of the week
before last. Five hundred soldiers threw down
their arms, swearing that they were Democrats
and would fight no longer under the Abolitionist's
flag. Some of them were captured, but about five
hundred of them made their escape. The excitement
is represented as intense. The traitor Stanly
fled to a gun-boat. The immediate cause of the
mutiny was the reported advance on Newbern of
Generals Jackson and Evans with a heavy force.
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Primary Location
Newbern, N. C.
Event Date
At The Close Of The Week Before Last
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some soldiers captured, about five hundred escaped; intense excitement; stanly fled to a gun-boat.
Event Details
A mutiny broke out amongst the Abolitionists at Newbern. Five hundred soldiers threw down their arms, swearing that they were Democrats and would fight no longer under the Abolitionist's flag. The immediate cause was the reported advance on Newbern of Generals Jackson and Evans with a heavy force.