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A.F. Crutchfield & Co. (fl. 1861) Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 189, whole no. 3730 (August 9, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.74.08 Author/Creator: A.F. Crutchfield & Co. (fl. 1861) Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 9 August 1861 Pagination: 4 p. ; 60 x 40.5 cm Order a Copy

Accounts of the Yankee Army in Washington - Their Outrages - The Manassas Panic, Unprecedented Barbarism - Burning of Hampton by the Vandals, The Battle of Manassas Plains - General Scott Insane on Flank Movements.

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