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Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Southern confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 84 (May 20, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.188 Author/Creator: Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 20 May 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 55.6 cm, Width: 40.5 cm Order a Copy

"How the Yankees Took Marye's Heights," reprinted from the Richmond Enquirer, claims that "the Yankees were dealt rations of whiskey in order to get them up to Marye's heights, and that each most hindmost man was ordered to strike down, with the drawn bayonet, the man in his front who faltered..."

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