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YMCA appeal

Not enough work and/or supplies for all the refugees On June 25th the Richmond Dispatch editors alluded to the city’s increased population. The following appeal is more evidence of overcrowding. Since there were destitute refugees from all over the Confederacy … Continue reading

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Sent express to Rip Raps

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 7, 1862: In the hands of the Lincolnites. –James Clarke, the money clerk of the Southern Express Company, started from Richmond several weeks since, to visit his parents in Baltimore. He was met on … Continue reading

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