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Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 208 (October 18, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.088 Author/Creator: Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 18 October 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 55.7 cm, Width: 40.6 cm Order a Copy

Prints a speech given by Jefferson Davis to the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Confederate States, titled: "Incompetent Army Officers -- Message from the President Relative to Incompetent Officers in the Army and Skeleton Regiments." Also prints a police order, "Regulating the Conjugal Relations of Sambo," by order of Brigadier General Rufus Saxton, Federal Military Governor of South Carolina. Includes accounts of troop movements and battle reports, advertisements, and local news.

Saxton, Rufus, 1824-1908

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