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Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 5 (November 4, 1863)]

Soldiers' letters on page 1 describe their situations on the front line and in hospitals. An exchange between the Confederate Baptist and the Baptist Banner detailed in "Church and State" indicates different views on common religious topics. "Notes...

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Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 14 (January 13, 1864)]

"A Defiant Memphis Woman" transcribes a letter from a woman encourages readers to examine allegiance to a proposed national Thanksgiving day to celebrate Union successes. An article titled "Consanguineous Marriages" examines inbred marriages and...

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Camden Confederate. [Vol. 2, no. 9 (December 26, 1862)]

Our Victory in Arkansas, 20,000 Yankees Killed & Wounded at Fredericksburg.

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Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 810 (July 18, 1863)]

Bombardment of Charleston Continues, List of S.C. Casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg, Lee's Army Re-crossing the Potomac, Dispatches from Jackson.

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Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 825 (August 5, 1863)]

Members of the Choctaw Tribe Travel to Meet President Davis at richmond, Grant Establishes Garrison of 3,000 Men, Banks Defeated, Loses 6,000 men, including 4,000 Prisoners, Taylor and Magruder's Forces United, News from the Mississippi, Battle of...

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Charleston mercury. [Vol. 84, no. 11, 948 (January 1, 1864)]

Charleston and Fort Sumter, The Terrible Losses of the War, The Pope Receives a letter from Jefferson Davis.

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Charleston mercury. [Vol. 85, no. 12, 162 (September 12, 1864)]

Troops Massing near Petersburg, The Capitulation of Fort Morgan, The Fate of Atlanta - It Appears Abandoned by Confederate Troops, South Carolina Ladies Offer Aid and Comfort to the Wounded of Charleston.

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Daily Register. [July 2, 1862]

Handwritten note at top: Why McClellan failed to reach Richmond; Vicksburg Intelligence; Killed & Wounded at Chickahominy. Ads for fugitive soldiers. Printed on heavy brown necessity paper with faded ink.

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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 19 (May 14, 1864)]

Grant & Sherman's victories, Fighting in Louisiana, Lee abandons the field, Butler ships Beauregard, Longstreet & Pelgram wounded, General Jenkins Killed, Butler reported within 10 miles of Richmond, Rebel gunboat sunk in Albemarle Sound, Strategical...

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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 38 (October 5, 1864)]

Terrible losses of the rebel army near Atlanta, A visit to Atlanta, McClellan heading nobility, Speech by Seward, Mosby incapacitated by his wounds.

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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 42 (November 2, 1864)]

Great battle at Morristown, Rebel General Vaughn wounded, Hood repusled three times, Price shipped in Missouri, Vaughn's bloody order, McClellan meeting stampeded.

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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 48 (December 14, 1864)]

Semmes vessel reported wrecked, Beauregard marching on Ft. Pillow, Movement on Richmond expected, Rosecrans superseded by Dodge, General Lyon marching into Kentucky, Murfreesboro assaulted, Rebels repulsed with heavy losses.

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 19, whole no. 3514 (April 30, 1862)]

Danger that New Orleans has fallen, with an editorial on the state of New Orleans. First aid information. Reprint of the conscription law. List of casualties in Moore's Regiment. Federal comments from Nashville. Report from the Texas Rangers.

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 33, whole no. 3528 (June 2, 1862)]

News from New Orleans. Battle of Glorietta at Fort Fillmore, with a casualty and wounded list. An editorial examines the surrender of Galveston. Editorial on the oath of allegiance. Fugitive slave ad. Regulations on substitutes in the army. Speech...

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 48, whole no. 3701 (July 6, 1863)]

Details of execution at Franklin. Poem to Stonewall Jackson. List of casualties in the 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry. Ad for slave sales. Editorial on the affairs at Vicksburg. General Taylor's victories.

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 134, 3789 (January 27, 1864)]

News from Alexandria. Compliments to state troops. Yankee official account of the capture of Fort Esperanza. Letter to the editor criticizing charge on Fort Baxter. Education of disabled soldiers, children of deceased soldiers.

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The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 135, 3790 (February 1, 1864)]

General Morgan's escape from prison. List of casualties in the battle of Missionary Ridge. Report of the raid on King's Ranch. News from Shreveport, Below, the West. Texas state general orders. Yankee intelligence. Texas governor's proclamation. List...

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to Mary.

He has heard that Orson and Gaffer have died and Eddie has had an accident. He worries that his letters to her may be ignored or returned. He is amazed that "one so kind hearted could be so hard and unforgiving." He will continue to send money...

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to my dear children

Reports there is no snow for sleds so he must use horses to carry the mail. Claims it is difficult to cross rivers with the horses because the ice is too thin to hold them. Rests in a "skookum" log cabin halfway through the six day round trip....

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to Children

Discusses working the night shift at the pump house. Asks about the boys' commencement exercises. Thinks Owen would do well in the educational field. Resumed his correspondence course but has switched into the Stationary Engineers Course....

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to Thomas Chilton

A very long letter to Chilton, a Kentucky congressman, in which Harrison recounts his experiences in the wars in the Northwest Territory. Voices his support for Chilton's proposal to extend the pension laws to veterans of the Indian Wars in the...

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to Sally Clift

Clift, a captain in the Continental Army from Connecticut, writes to his wife describing preparations for siege of Yorktown: "till night before last we erected our first parallel within 600 Yards of the Enemies Lines, we shall continue to approach...

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to Mr. Williams

Bridgeman, a deaf-blind mute who learned to read via embossed letters, writes of a deeply religious life. She fulfills his request for a letter, and offers Williams a prayer.

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to Children

Thanking children (apparently disabled or otherwise disadvantaged) for a drawing they sent at Christmas time. He explains to them that even though they are different from other children, they must learn the lessons of life to obtain "higher places."...

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to Katharine Cornell

Keller writes to reminisce about two days spent at Cornell's home reading literature and discussing spiritual growth.

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