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January 30, 1864

Newspaper

Title: Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 18 (January 30, 1864)]

Letter by General James Longstreet, Negro Troops in the Mississippi Valley, Victory of the First Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.61.05

February 13, 1864

Newspaper

Title: Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 20 (February 13, 1864)]

Battle Report by General Robert E. Lee, Linocln's Draft Call for Half a Million Men, The Conduct of Southern People During the War.

GLC05959.61.06

19 March 1864

Newspaper

Title: Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 25 (March 19, 1864)]

Charleston once again under siege.

GLC05959.61.07

26 March 1864

Newspaper

Title: Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 26 (March 26, 1864)]

General Farragut has abandoned the bombardment of Fort Powell, Lincoln calls for two hundred thousand more men.

GLC05959.61.08

9 April 1864

Newspaper

Title: Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 28 (April 9, 1864)]

Battle of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, The Yankee Generalissimo, General Forrest Battle Report.

GLC05959.61.09

1 April 1862

Newspaper

Title: Staunton spectator. [(April 1, 1862)]

Battle of Winchester, Virginia, List of Confederate Killed and Wounded, Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac.

GLC05959.65.01

9 December 1862

Newspaper

Title: Staunton spectator. [Vol. 39, no. 28 (December 9, 1862)]

Proclamation by Virginia Governor John Letcher, recommendation by Colonel Baylor as Brig. Gen. of the Stonewall Brigade, Letter published of General Imboden.

GLC05959.65.02

February 3, 1863

Newspaper

Title: Staunton spectator. [Vol. 39, no. 36 (February 3, 1863)]

Vicksburg to be attacked again, General Burnside Resigns.

GLC05959.65.03

15 December 1863

Newspaper

Title: Staunton spectator. [Vol. 40, no. 29 (December 15, 1863)]

General Orders Published by General Imboden and Cooper, Our Losses at the Battle of Chattanooga, Lincoln's Message Stating that he will not attempt to retract or modify his Emancipation Proclamation and that he will not return to slavery.

GLC05959.65.04

February 2, 1864

Newspaper

Title: Staunton spectator. [Vol. 40, no. 29 (February 2, 1864)]

Acts of Confederate States Congress, Farmers to tithe their products to the Confederate Army, Forrest Captures Island #10, all the negroes and managers, killing fifteen.

GLC05959.65.05

7 March 1862

Newspaper

Title: Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [no. 67 (March 7, 1862)]

Battle of Manassas.

GLC05959.71.01

11 July 1862

Newspaper

Title: Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [Vol. 39, no. 55 (July 11, 1862)]

The Bombardment of Vicksburg - Causes of McClellan's Defeat.

GLC05959.71.02

3 October 1862

Newspaper

Title: Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [Vol. 39, no. 79 (October 3, 1862)]

President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

GLC05959.71.03

7 October 1862

Newspaper

Title: Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [Vol. 39, no. 80 (October 7, 1862)]

The Battle of Sharpsburg.

GLC05959.71.04

28 October 1862

Newspaper

Title: Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [Vol. 39, no. 86 (October 28, 1862)]

The Battles of Kentucky, Official Report of General Stuarts Expedition into Pennsylvania.

GLC05959.71.05

27 October 1864

Newspaper

Title: Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [(October 27, 1864)]

From Petersburg - Movement of the Enemy - Erection of Winter Quarters, Details of the Forces Which have failed to capture Lynchburg, Why Grant has been baffled by Lee's small army, How the Confederates have Baffled the plans of General Grant, Grant's campaign against Richmond.

GLC05959.71.06

January 10, 1865

Newspaper

Title: Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [Vol. 42, no. 3 (January 10, 1865)]

Sherman's Army in motion to the Sea.

GLC05959.71.07

8 July 1861