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Cincinnati Gazette From Western Virginia The Battle at Romney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07687.178 Author/Creator: Cincinnati Gazette Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 28 October 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 40 x 5.8 cm. Order a Copy

Report of events at the Battle of Romney, Virginia

Van Nuys, Samuel Watson, 1841-1864

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