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J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880 Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 88 (April 6, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.56.155 Author/Creator: J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 6 April 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 58.5 x 43 cm Order a Copy

News from the "seat of war" in Illinois that Rebel forces there are 15,000 strong and firmly entrenched, Yankee accounts of Forrest's raid, Reports of the alarmingly high number of deaths of Confederate Prisoners in the North.

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