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Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 40 (October 19, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.50.35 Author/Creator: Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Place Written: Knoxville, Tennessee Type: Newspaper Date: 19 October 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 59 cm, Width: 42.5 cm Order a Copy

Unpublished letters by Andrew Jackson, How McClellan's plan originated, Proclamation by the Governor, Indiana goes for Lincoln, The French defeat the Mexicans, Matamoros occupied by the French, Brisk firing in front of Petersburg, Cavalry fight near Strasburg.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

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