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The Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1804-1877 The Richmond Enquirer. (December 2 1862)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01447.10 Author/Creator: The Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1804-1877 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper clipping Date: December 2, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 68 cm, Width: 52 cm Order a Copy

Includes a list of every officer of the United States army who resigned at the start of the war to join the Confederacy. News from New Orleans and movements around Fredericksburg.

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