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Weekly gazette and comet. [Vol. 45, no. 20 (February 25, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06845 Author/Creator: Place Written: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Type: Newspaper Date: 25 February 1863 Pagination: 4 p. ; 36.5 x 24.5 cm. Order a Copy

Accounts of Union occupied Baton Rouge. Articles include the battle for Island no. 10, passage of a Negro Soldiers Bill by the U.S. House and the Confederacy receiving a minister from France.

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