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Lemonade Factory

thank goodness for malaria and bad roads and the loss of Nashville and … From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 5, 1862: The Prospect ahead. The public mind of the entire South is fast recovering from the causeless panic occasioned … Continue reading

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His Company Torn to Shreds

From The New-York Times February 26, 1862: THE SAD SIDE OF THE PICTURE. FORT DONELSON, TENN., Monday, Feb. 17, 1862. The following private letter, written by a former attache of the New-York Post-office, presents another side of the victory gained … Continue reading

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