Monday, February 28, 2011

Philadelphia, Feb. 17 [1862]

Advices just received from Fort Monroe announce the glorious news that Savannah has been surrendered to that old sea-dog, Commodore Dupont, and the stars and stripes are now waving on the soil of Georgia.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, February 19, 1862, p. 1

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