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Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, publishers Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 21 (December 1, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.01.02 Author/Creator: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, publishers Place Written: Milledgeville, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 1 December 1861 Pagination: 4 p. ; 49.9 x 35.2 cm. Order a Copy

Subjects include the advancing of General Price, Proclamation by Gov. Brown urging Georgians to fight, Affairs in Pensacola. This issue includes a story on a prisoner of war, Major Vodges, taken at the battle of Santa Rosa Island, and the account of a young soldier's last hour, dying from typhoid fever. Mrs. General Hansell of Marietta, known for her excellent housewifery, submits recipes for tallow candles and corning beef or pork. Papers are extremely frayed and the ink is fading.

Millidgeville, Georgia, named for governor George Millidge, was established as the state capital on 12 December 1804. From this location, the state of Georgia voted to secede from the Union on 19 January 1861. Atlanta became the state capital on 20 April 1868 due to its location as a transportation hub during Reconstruction. The Federal Union was established in 1830 with John Polhill as its first editor. It was printed by Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, who, as the official state printers, also published state laws, acts, bills, resolutions, and convention proceedings in book form, as well as minutes and senate journals.

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