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J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880 Daily dispatch. [Vol. 25, no. 32 (August 6, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.56.125 Author/Creator: J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 6 August 1863 Pagination: 2 p. ; 58.5 x 43 cm Order a Copy

News from General Lee's Army seems to indicate a concentration of army troops in the neighborhood of Fredericksburg, The Army of the Potomac, a fight at Culpepper, and the discovery of General Lee's position, Temporary abandonment of the assault on Battery Wagner, Fort Sumter to be the first reduced, Outrage on Confederate officers, Morgan being treated as a convict, Update from a surgeon at Gettysburg on the casualties of that battle, Reported victory in Louisiana, under General Taylor, Account of the attack and evacuation of Yazoo City, Mississippi.

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