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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 34 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 26 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 18 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 17 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 16 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 12 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Women and Men 10 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 10 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource] 10 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: may 17, 1861., [Electronic resource] 10 0 Browse Search
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A Printer hung. --The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says: The James McGaff, of Greencastle, Pa., mentioned by a Williamsport correspondent a few days ago as having been hung at Harper's Ferty, was Jas. Gaff, a compositor in the Congressional Globe office, of this city, and a member of the Columbia Typographical Society. Mr. Gaff was employed in the Globe office the last two sessions of Congress, and had many friends among the printers of Washington generally. He leaves a wife and one child, who are at present residing in Greencastle, Pa.
Details of Tuesday's battle near Williamsport. Several persons present at the recent engagements near Martinsburg concur, substantially, in the following accounts: On Tuesday last the Yankee forces, numbering near 10,000, while approaching Martinsburg, were met by Col. Jackson's advance, consisting of a portion of Col. Harper's Regiment from Augusta county, about 700 strong, and a squadron of cavalry under Col. Steward. The Federal forces, excepting Sherman's boasted battery, occupied a forest.--The Confederate troops advanced, under the protection of a rail fence, to within three hundred yards of the enemy.--Col. Stuart, with Capt. Patrick's company of Cavalry, from Augusta, opened the engagement by capturing the van of the enemy, consisting of an entire company of Pennsylvanians; a sharp firing was kept up for an hour and a half between the main bodies, with a loss to the enemy estimated at the minimum of 67 killed, 85 wounded, and 53 prisoners; when the firing ceased, a