Letter, N. H. Boyd to Eudora Hobbs, April 18, 1861

Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her cousin, N. H. Boyd, in Jackson, Mississippi, telling her about the local excitement over Virginia\u27s secession from the Union. She writes that military companies are passing through frequently on their way to Pensacola, Florida. She tells of their great rejoicing when Fort Sumter was taken. 1861.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-hobbs-papers/1052/thumbnail.jp