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Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 155, whole no. 3886 (March 22, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.54.42 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Newspaper Date: 22 March 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 45.7 cm, Width: 29 cm Order a Copy

Dispatches regarding the defeat & capture of General Early by Sheridan, Sherman in Fayetteville, NC, Guerrillas active in Kentucky, 25,000 loyal blacks being organized into regiments by Sherman.

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