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Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 85, (May 25, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.020 Author/Creator: Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 25 May 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 55.5 x 40.4 cm. Order a Copy

Subjects include the Battalion of Partisan Rangers for Immediate Service, an Explanation of the Affair at Bridgeport, Tennessee, and the Kentucky Rising Against the Union. Miscellaneous advertisements for goods and services throughout the issue, including a dancing academy. There is a reward posting for a Confederate army deserter. Pages are bound together. Handwritten name in pencil on top of first page.

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