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To the citizens of Macon...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08128 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 30 July 1864 Pagination: Order a Copy

"To the citizens of Macon...the enemy is now in sight of your houses. We lack force. I appeal to every man, citizen or refugee, who has a gun of any kind, or can get one, to report at the court house with the least possible delay.""

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