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Item # 689974

July 27, 1864

RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, July 27, 1864  

* From the Confederate capital
* General Robert E. Lee dispatch


This issue has: "The War News" which begins: "The most important news we have is the report of a complete victory by our forces in the Valley, near Winchester...". It also includes a letter on the battles signed in type: R. E. Lee, General.
Other items include: "From the Lines in Front of Petersburg & Richmond" "Plans of the Enemy" "From Petersburg & Vicinity" "From Georgia" "The Bungling of Mr. Lincoln" "Military Tyranny at Norfolk--A New Theory of Republican Liberty" "Removal of General Johnston" & more including the always interesting editorial with a decidedly Confederate bias.
Complete as a single sheet issue with a one column masthead (typical in Southern papers late in the war), paper weakness near the bottom (not wear), nice condition.

Category: Confederate