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Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 86 (May 27, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.09.021 Author/Creator: Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 27 May 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 55.4 x 40.8 cm. Order a Copy

Includes articles about the Escape of General Morgan's Men, the Proposition of the Northern Government for Exchange of Prisoners, and the Southern Feeling and Spirit in Baltimore. Miscellaneous advertisements throughout issue for goods and services. Slave wanted advertisement on third page. Pages are bound together. Archival tape used throughout issue.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864

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