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Cowardin, J.A. & Hammersley Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 73 (March 25, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.56.151 Author/Creator: Cowardin, J.A. & Hammersley Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 25 March 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 58.5 x 43 cm Order a Copy

News from East Tennessee - Yankees only 20 miles east of Knoxville, Congressional voting of the Peace Party in the North, Enemy fire bombarding Charleston, Millard Fillmore's opinion of the War as spoken to a large crowd at Central Fair in Buffalo, Sherman in command of the Army of the Mississippi, with headquarters in Nashville.

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