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Confederate States of America. Congress To amend an act entitled: An act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06745.004 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress Place Written: Montgomery Type: Printed document Date: 21 May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

Johnson, Homer Uri, fl. 1896

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