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Highly Important from Richmond From General Burnside's Army Operations of the Steamer Currituck Interesting from North Carolina

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.329 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Newspaper clipping Date: January 21, 1863 Pagination: 1 clipping Height: 19 cm, Width: 31.5 cm Order a Copy

Four articles about the current war news including troop movements

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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