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Rebel letters and Civil War reports from St Louis to Harper's Ferry
A Palmyra letter from a Southern admirer is quoted praising rebel soldiers and denouncing draft advocates. Washington dispatches report Harper’s Ferry surrender and heavy losses, with McClellan silent. Updates describe paroled prisoners arriving in Baltimore, hospital mobilization, and troop movements toward Harpers Ferry and Leesburg. Mounting militia enrollments in Franklin County are noted under Col. D. Q. Gale.
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Palmyra
St. Louis
Tmecretius
Rome
Secess
South
Dixie
Lucretius
Washington
War Department
Harper’s Ferry
McClellan
Harper's Ferry
MacClellan
Cicinnati
Quincy Gilmore
Wright
Baltimore
Frederick
Col. Miles
Sursrender
Army of the Potomac
Hammond
Williamsport
Potomas
Leesburg
Harpers Ferry
Franklin County
D. Q. Gale