. . . received are consoling their readers with rumors that “the Yankees” were running away from Pittsburg landing. When the Yankees leave the Tennessee River, it will be by advance further into the enemy’s country. It was, however necessary, in order to keep up the claim that the Yankees were whipped at Pitsburg [sic], to assert that they were running away. We shall see in a few days who the evacuators are.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 1
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 1
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