sentences:  During the war, North Carolina Governor David Lowry Swain persuaded Confederate President Jefferson Davis to exempt some UNC students from the draft, so the university was among the few in the Confederacy that managed to stay open.However, Chapel Hill suffered the loss of more of its population during the war than any village in the South.When student numbers did not recover, the university was forced to close during Reconstruction from December 1, 1870 to September 6, 1875.