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Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 1, no. 44 (August 8, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.61.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 8 August 1863 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 43.5 cm, Width: 31 cm Order a Copy

General Lee's Army Across the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah Valley, General Gardner Surrenders to General Banks at the Fall of Port Hudson, Soldiers Account of the Battle of the Peninsula.

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