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Smith, Bailey & Co. (publishers) The Sentinel. [Vol. 1, no. (March 29, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.57.08 Author/Creator: Smith, Bailey & Co. (publishers) Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 29 March 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 61 cm, Width: 47 cm Order a Copy

Official Dispatch from New Orleans, two regiments captured, Fort DeRussey taken by assault, giving the Yankees control of the richest cotton region in the Southwest, Confederate Victory in Louisiana, Secretary Chase to issue "Gold Notes" under the new Act.

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