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Unknown The Latest News. By Telegraph. From the Army of the Potomac. The Main Body of Our Army Across the Rappahannock.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.110.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 12 December 1862 Pagination: 2 p. ; 27.8 x 6.4 cm. Order a Copy

He describes artillery duel on the Potomac.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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