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Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 115 (June 29, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.041 Author/Creator: Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: June 29, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 56.1 cm, Width: 39.6 cm Order a Copy

Subjects include the Flag of Truce between Beauregard & Halleck, and The Effort to Abolitionize Kentucky. Includes "A Patriotic Letter from Senator Hill," which discusses his views of the Conscript Act. Advertisements land, food, nurses, and other miscellaneous goods and services throughout the issue. Runaway slave notice on first page.

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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