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The black hawk chronicle. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (June 22, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08308 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper Date: 22 June 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : necessity paper ; 40.3 x 30.4 cm. Order a Copy

Union newspaper with tongue-in-cheek war reports, mentioning Grant at Vicksburg and Naval Operations in the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.

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