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Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861 New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no.187 (October 10, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05960.02.13 Author/Creator: Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Newspaper Date: 10 October1861 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 58.5 cm, Width: 43.5 cm Order a Copy

Published at 70 Camp Street. Only first 2 pages of the usual 8 page issue. Several columns of military notices and requests for volunteers. Description of the night attack on Santa Rosa Island in Florida. 1000 Confederate troops surprised a New York Zouave regiment. Update on affairs in Missouri. Printed proclamation of Kansas Jayhawker Brigadier General Jim Lane (for a broadside of this proclamation owned by GLC see GLC07349). Page 2 has short item on the arrest of an Episcopal clergyman for preaching a secession sermon in Alexandria (he was later released). Another item states that $75,000 in property owned by Mrs. General Winfield Scott in Richmond was seized. Contains a detailed update on the city's military and market situation on page 2.

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