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Posted on December 17, 2012 by SUMPTER

A Seneca County, New York newspaper in December 1862 reprinted more feedback on the Union debacle at Fredericksburg. Facts, speculation, opinion, and politics all seem to be mixed together as the northern press was trying to get to the bottom … Continue reading →

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