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Cushing, Edward H. (1829-1879) The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 27, whole no. 3522 (May 19, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.51.038 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H. (1829-1879) Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Newspaper Date: 19 May 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 47.7 x 33 cm. Order a Copy

General Beauregard's address. Demand of the surrender of Galveston. Response to previous editorial-shinplaster apologists. August election. The Conscript act. Letters from Yorktown, Richmond, and the Rangers. Graphic account of the fight at the forts.

Cushing, Edward Hopkins, 1829-1879

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