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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 242 36 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 68 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 36 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 30 8 Browse Search
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865 16 16 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 15 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 12 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 12 12 Browse Search
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 10 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 10 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Confessions of a horse thief (search)
Confessions of a horse thief --Important to Horse Owners.--A few days since the police of Buffalo, N. Y., arrested a man who had stolen two horses from Niagara Falls. The property was recovered and the thief has since been in jail, where he has had leisure to write the following letter. We print it, as it contains many valuable hints, and to altogether a literary curiosity: Buffalo Jaye, June 16, 1861. Mr. Editor: Being, as you are aware, under arrest for the crime of horse-stealing. I deem it my duty to give people a little advice in regard to preventing their horses from being stolen. First, never put a padlock on your burn; it is of no more use in keeping a thief out than a straw. Put on all your doors good house-door locks; then carry your key with you, or, if you leave it in the house, put it in a drawer, or some place where it is out of sight. If a thief sees a good horse go into a barn that has a lock on with which he is not familiar, he will go to the o