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Various The Benton Banner (manuscript camp newspaper) Vol. 1 No. 1

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06728.134 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Newspaper Date: 20 July 1863 Pagination: 27 p. : Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Includes an editorial section, news, and original writings by soldiers including poems and essays. Edited by S. J. Mansfield and John F. Weeks. Written at Camp Benton.

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