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Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865 The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 30 (July 1, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.80.01 Author/Creator: Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 1 July 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 68 cm, Width: 45 cm Order a Copy

News and dispatches from Petersburg, including the capture of a Federal brigade and Union General James Wilson. News tidbits from the "Baltimore Gazette." Several items about "colored subjects" breaking laws, mostly stealing. Casualties from the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 11th, 24th Virginia regiments. Letter titled "Provisional Navy of the Confederate States," written by "A Friend to the Navy." Article by Tom Burke describing activities of partisan John S. Mosby's command. Tear along the fold in the middle. Some stains.

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