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Tredegar still hiring

Big surprise – the South’s war economy is still going great guns. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 28, 1863: Wanted–1,000 negroes. –We wish to hire for the year 1864, one thousand Negroes, to be employed at the Tredegar Iron … Continue reading

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(Get) Working on the Railroad

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 27, 1862: An important Enterprize of the Railroad companies. We are gratified to learn that a well concerted movement is on foot for a general meeting of railroad officers in Richmond on the 5th … Continue reading

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