. . . have determined to compel the rich rebels of that city who persuaded poor men to enlist in the Confederate army promising to take care of their families, to fulfill to the letter, these engagements, which they have not pretended to keep. Up to the 30th ult., permits for the shipment of nearly 3,000 bales of cotton had been issued by the Collector of Nashville.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862, p. 1
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