Saturday, June 20, 2009

Since the 1st of January . . .

. . . the Union forces have captured from the rebels five hundred and ninety siege guns and field pieces. This artillery would equip a grand army, and when it is remembered what pains the rebels have hat to procure these guns, the severity of the loss will be fully apparent.

– Published in The Athens Messenger, Athens, Ohio, Thursday Morning, April 24, 1862

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