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{"value"=>"347253", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1862-1865", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1862/1865"}
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1862
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1865
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1862
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"VII. Department of North Carolina Archives"}
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"8 boxes"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The USSC’s Department of North Carolina was based in the Union-occupied town of New Bern from 1862-1865. Its main functions were the distribution of supplies to area military hospitals, and the provision of special relief services to individual soldiers and civilians in need, including local refugees and former prisoners-of-war. The Archives include letters and reports of relief agents, a journal of Department Inspector J.W. Page, camp inspection returns, inventories of supplies issued, and reports of sick and wounded in army hospitals.</p>"}
- date_start
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1862
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1865