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Today in Civil War Newspaper History December 19, 1864 The New York Herald  Union General W.T. Sherman closes in on the strategic Confederate city of Savannah, Georgia. Large map of the area around Savannah, Georgia. If you can not read … Continue reading →

Today in Civil War Newspaper History December 13, 1861 The rare Union Army newspaper is published by volunteers of Company B 14th Regiment, Illinois – in the Camp of the First Division Department of the West.