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Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864 Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 23 (November 5, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.15.04 Author/Creator: Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864 Place Written: Opelousas, Louisiana Type: Newspaper Date: 5 November 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 45.8 cm, Width: 30.4 cm Order a Copy

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Armistice Pressed at Washington. Printed are a call for oil cloths and blankets for soldiers is printed here and an address of Colonel Alcibiade Deblanc on his return from Virginia. Speculative articles discuss the possibility of an armistice and Napoleon wanting to annex Texas. A notice to Confederate taxpayers is included, as well as a slave sale ad. Contains several official orders regarding slaves. Article comparing the army losses of Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Union armies to Robert E. Lee as General of the Confederate armies. Opelousas was under Federal occupation at the time.

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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