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Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863 Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 84, no. 12, 077 (June 2, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.44.35 Author/Creator: Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 2 June 1864 Pagination: 4 p. ; 65 x 52 cm Order a Copy

Sherman's Raid in Northern Georgia, Petitions Presented in English Parliament to Help End American War, Dispatch from Battle Ground, Near Mechanicsville, Meeting of the Confederate Congress, Lincoln's Bogus Proclamation (May 17, 1864).

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