Sunday, July 10, 2011

New Orleans

The New York Tribune has seen an extract from a private letter, dated New Orleans, Dec. 10, written by a gentleman of influence, which, speaking for the tendency of public feeling in that city says: “There is a great deal of suffering in New Orleans.  All the papers are issuing half sheets.  There exists a large Union sentiment, and people are beginning to express their opinions pretty freely; there is no doubt that on the approach of the Federals the city will be surrendered without any fighting.”

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, March 7, 1862, p. 2

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