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A.F. Crutchfield & Co., fl. 1861 Daily express. [Vol. 12, no. 69, whole no. 3920 (March 22, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.74.25 Author/Creator: A.F. Crutchfield & Co., fl. 1861 Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 22 March 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 60 x 40.5 cm Order a Copy

The late fight in Arkansas (Battle of Pea Ridge), Proclamation by governor of Virginia, General McClellan ditched.

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