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Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Southern confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 72 (May 6, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.181 Author/Creator: Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 6 May 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 55.9 cm, Width: 40.1 cm Order a Copy

Includes a letter from S. P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, to the Loyal Union League in New York, under the title "The Negroes to be called into the Yankee Army, and to be made the Equals of the Yankees!" A telegram, published under the title "Highly Important Movement of Yankees in Mississippi," includes 3 dispatches reporting on events at Aukerson's Ferry and Holly Springs. Includes a report entitled "From the Mississippi River: Fighting Yesterday at Snyder's Bluff."

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