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S.W. Mason & Co. Palmetto herald. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (March 17, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06107.33 Author/Creator: S.W. Mason & Co. Place Written: Port Royal, South Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 17 March 1864 Pagination: 4 p. ; 36 x 50.4 cm. Order a Copy

Steamer edition of this Union occupation newspaper. The Negro freed slave view of the war. Letter from the correspondent embedded in the 33rd Delaware regiment, escape & capture of three prisoners, night attack on Seabrook, Port Royal ship news.

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