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The Star-Extra

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06107.37 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Broadside Date: 5-12 July 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.4 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

An extra sheet of the Washington D.C. "Star." Contains three articles: first one from West Virginia on General Morris's attack against a division of Wise's army near Buckanon. Second article on the Tennessee disunionsts seizing the railroad between Nashville and Louisville. Third article states that General McClellan's army was fighting in western Virginia. Name in pencil on verso says "Hayden." Sheet is thin and has a partial tear along a fold line. Edges are frayed as well.

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