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J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880 Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 69 (March 21, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.56.149 Author/Creator: J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 21 March 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 58.5 cm, Width: 43 cm Order a Copy

President Abraham Lincoln's official order calling for 200,000 additional Northern Troops, Report of the recent barbarous expedition up the Peninsula, supposedly to revenge the death of Dahlgren, Major-General W.J. Sherman's official report to Lt. General Grant, regarding his accomplishments at Vicksburg.

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