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Nashville daily union. [Vol. 1, no. 226 (January 2, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06842 Author/Creator: Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Newspaper Date: 1863/01/02 Pagination: 4 p. ; 52 x 36.8 cm. Order a Copy

Union-occupied Tennessee newspaper printing the Emancipation Proclamation for the first time in Nashville. The proclamation printed in a full column article on the last page. Also includes news about Robert Hendershott, the "Michigan Drummer Boy" who went to war with the 7th Michigan, battle of Murfreesboro.

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