September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Group of 5 Newspapers, Daily Missouri Republican, St. Louis, September 13, 14, 16, 17, and 19, 1864, 4pp., disbound, 23" x 30," VG. With nine columns per page, there is considerable war reporting in each issue. We report only the obvious. From the 13th, "Military Execution, J. Boyer, a Guerilla Hanged." From the 14th, "Gen. McClellan's Letter of Acceptance to the Democratic Nomination." From the 16th, "The Allensville Affair, Guerillas Captured, Negro Soldiers Escape." From the 17th, "Escape of Guerilla Prisoners, Guard Overpowered, Boat Captured." From the 19th, "Forrest at Grenada."
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