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Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 18 (January 30, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.61.05 Author/Creator: Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 30 January 1864 Pagination: 8 p. ; 43.5 x 31 cm Order a Copy

Letter by General James Longstreet, Negro Troops in the Mississippi Valley, Victory of the First Battle of Manassas.

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