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E.W. Ayres and W.H. Wade Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (January 24, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.76.16 Author/Creator: E.W. Ayres and W.H. Wade Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Newspaper Date: 24 January 1863 Pagination: 8 p. ; 40.5 x 28.5 cm Order a Copy

The war along the Mississippia, Sketch of Barksdale's Mississippi Pickets watching the Yankee pontoons at Fredericksburg.

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