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Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 109, whole no. 1406 (December 4, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.51.006 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Newspaper Date: 4 December 1861 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 47.7 cm, Width: 33 cm Order a Copy

Examination of Com. Stringham and the Minnesota and Hatteras war prisoners. Correspondence from Austin and New Orleans. Capture of Mason and Slidell. Martial law at Chattanooga.

Cushing, Edward Hopkins, 1829-1879

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