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Layfayette Courier [Lafayette Courier]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07687.185 Author/Creator: Layfayette Courier Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1861-1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 6.2 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

Contains two short items: one a quote by Hon. Albert S. White pertaining to the conquest of the Potomac; the other a report by Maj. Milroy of the 9th Regt. Indiana: "...since that regiment left Indiana, there have been 44 deaths from sickness, and 20 men have been lost in battle."

Van Nuys, Samuel Watson, 1841-1864

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