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Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Expositor Extra!

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07714 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Place Written: Adrian, Michigan Type: Broadside Date: 1865/04/07 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 13.2 cm Order a Copy

"Sheridan attacks Lee and routs him! Gen. Ewell captured.... Lee's army has surrendered." With pencil note on verso: "I tore this from a hook in Adrian post office...heaven send the news are true. Charles M. Walker."

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