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Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 21 (December 1, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.01.02 Author/Creator: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes Place Written: Milledgeville, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 1 December 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 49.9 cm, Width: 35.2 cm Order a Copy

Subjects include the advancing of General Price, Proclamation by Gov. Brown urging Georgians to fight, Affairs in Pensacola. This issue includes a story on a prisoner of war, Major Vodges, taken at the battle of Santa Rosa Island, and the account of a young soldier's last hour, dying from typhoid fever. Mrs. General Hansell of Marietta, known for her excellent housewifery, submits recipes for tallow candles and corning beef or pork. Papers are extremely frayed and the ink is fading.

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