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Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 102 (June 14, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.030 Author/Creator: Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 14 June 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 55.9 x 40.4 cm. Order a Copy

Describes the death of Colonel Turner Ashby near Harrisburg. Also includes "Affairs in Nashville as Described by a Yankee Correspondent," "Jackson's Great Triumph in the Valley," and "The Fight on James Island." Advertisements throughout the issue, including for Confederate bonds. Notice on third page from M.A. Hardin stating that Colonel John H. Morgan has authorized him to assemble a company of "Mounted Men." Pages are not bound together. Print is fading where archival tape has been used.

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864
Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall," 1824-1863

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