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Cowardin, J.A. & Hammersley Daily dispatch. [Vol. 25, no. 34 (August 8, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.56.126 Author/Creator: Cowardin, J.A. & Hammersley Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 8 August 1863 Pagination: 2 p. ; 58.5 x 43 cm Order a Copy

General Johnston visits and declares that Mobile is the most defensible seaport position in the Confederate states, and shall be defended to the end General Hood, of Texas, appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Calvary of Northern Virginia, General Morgan's demeanor in prison and his departure from Cincinnati, Yankee account of the occupation of Jackson, Mississippi.

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