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Adair & Smith (1861-1864) Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 274 (January 4, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.118 Author/Creator: Adair & Smith (1861-1864) Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia. Type: Newspaper Date: 4 January 1863 Pagination: 4 p. ; 55.7 x 41.4 cm. Order a Copy

This is a newspaper from the Southern Confederacy that includes a poem titled "A Dream-Visit to the Battle-Field of Sharpsburg", an article comparing the Union-Confederate split to the England Jacobin-French Jacobin split, a transcript of a Speech of President Davis, features an excerpt referencing divine right called "Our Cause in the Ascendant", and includes a list of wounded soldiers at Murfreesboro. Second page has an advertisment for "Fifty or Sixty Negroes" for sale at an auction. Third page is torn and only has one-third remaining.

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