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French, George Z., fl. 1865 Herald of the union. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (March 22, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06107.15 Author/Creator: French, George Z., fl. 1865 Place Written: Wilmington, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 22 March 1865 Pagination: 4 p. ; 45.4 x 30.7 cm. Order a Copy

Union occupation newspaper with headline "News of the fall of Wilmington." Also: Postponement of the adjournment of the Confederate Congress, discussion of correspondence between General William T. Sherman and Confederate general Wade Hampton, reprint of an article by Horace Greeley on James Gordon Bennett, "Mrs. Lirripers Legacy," by Charles Dickens.

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