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“nothing alike but their mutual hate”

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 23, 1862: “Depart in Peace.” The New York Herald has one of its characteristic sneers at the willingness expressed by John Van Buren, if the Federal should capture Richmond, and the South should still … Continue reading

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