Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Confederate States” in article 18 of The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...xhausted nature sunk.
Resolved. That we tender to North Carolina our sympathies.
The loss of such a man as Governor Ellis, at such a time, is a loss not only to North Carolina, but to all the Confederate States .
Resolved, That the Mayor appoint a committee to meet and receive the remains in a manner becoming the position and character of the deceased.
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