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New Orleans Daily Delta

“The Battle Desperate. Our Loss Heavy. Some of Our Generals Wounded. More of the Great Victory. The Enemy Driven Across the River. Ten Thousand Prisoners and 18 Batteries Captured”

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“The Battle Desperate. Our Loss Heavy. Some of Our Generals Wounded. More of the Great Victory. The Enemy Driven Across the River. Ten Thousand Prisoners and 18 Batteries Captured”

Original issue of the New Orleans Daily Delta, four pages, 16.5 x 21.5, April 9, 1862. Featured stories and headlines include: Beauregard reports on the battle of Shiloh, a great victory; the death of General Albert Sidney Johnston; Beauregard sends dispatches from Corinth after the battle; Special Dispatches to the Daily Delta; Second Day's Fighting on the Tennessee River; the Battle Desperate. Our Loss Heavy. Some of Our Generals Wounded. More of the Great Victory. The Enemy Driven Across the River. Ten Thousand Prisoners and 18 Batteries Captured; Latest news from Island No. 10; the splendid scenes of the bombardment; Grumbling at the North—Mrs. Lincoln's Grand Ball; the White House festivities. Debate in British Parliament on the American blockade. News from Memphis; ads offering a reward for Confederate deserters, Confederate Zouaves, news from Confederate Congress, military orders and advertisements, steamboat ads, and more. In very good condition, with uniform toning, a moderate separation along the central horizontal fold, and a rough left edge. RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #384 - Ended March 22, 2012