Statistics for occurrence #1 of “North Carolina” in article pos=23 of The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
... Viginia and Missouri, to defend the Southern coast.
On the other hand, there may be some such purpose entertained as is here foreshadowed, and expeditious, similar to Butler's late expedition into North Carolina , may be fitting out for a more Southern destination.
In either event, it can do no harm to be prepared.
Although it may be a feint, it becomes us to prepare ourselves at every point.
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