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The Shelton Laurel Massacre... Morgan's raid...

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July 24, 1863
NEW YORK TRIBUNE,  July 24, 1863 

* Much on John Hunt Morgan's raid
* Graphic details of the Shelton Laurel Massacre


The front page includes: "Termination of Morgan's Raid" "First Battle of the War In Ohio" "Land & Naval Engagement at Buffington Island" "Total Defeat & Rout of the Rebels" with a great wealth of detail.
Also on the ftpg: "From Washington" "The Organization of Colored Troops" "Confiscation of Rebel Estates". 
Page 2 has: "A Record Of Inhuman Cruelties" with considerable coverage of what is known as the Shelton Laurel Massacre taking over a full column of text. This massacre was the execution of 13 accused Union sympathizers by a Confederate regiment in the Shelton Laurel valley of North Carolina.