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Hale, E.J. (1802-1880) Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 43, no. 2341 (April 14, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.34.02 Author/Creator: Hale, E.J. (1802-1880) Place Written: Fayetteville, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 2 April 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 60 x 45 cm Order a Copy

Great Battle at Corinth, Mississippi, From Richmond - Fighting in the Peninsula, Dispatch from General Beauregard - Battle of Shiloh, Mutiny Among Federal Troops at Nashville, Victory in New Mexico - Battle at Valverde Confirmed, The Surrender of Fort Craig, Reported Battle Between General Johnston - Magruder, Hill - Great Victory in Tennessee , Dispatches from General Beauregard, Dispatches from Corinth, Bombardment of Fort Pulaski, The Enemy Reinforced by 7,000 men, Evacuation of Island Ten From Atlanta, Loss at Corinth, 5,000 Killed or Wounded, Surrender of Fort Pulaski, Capt. John Morgan's Interview with General Buell.

From 1825 to 1865, he was the owner, publisher and editor of The Fayetteville Observer, taking over the newspaper that had been established in 1816 and growing it to become the largest-circulation paper in North Carolina before the Civil War.
After Gen. William T. Sherman's army destroyed the Observer in March 1865, E.J. Hale moved to New York and established a book-printing company; his son E.J. II re-established the Observer in 1883.

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