Gazette and Courier. Vol. LXXI, No. 3694

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  • Greenfield, Mass: S.S. Eastman & Co., Monday, June 23, 1862
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Greenfield, Mass: S.S. Eastman & Co., Monday, June 23, 1862. 26¾" x 20¾", pp. [4]; 8 columns per page; creased where previously folded, early owner's signature, some dampstaining and small tears. Includes articles on the tenth Massachusetts regiment, terrible slaughter of the rebels in the Battle of Fair Oaks, and rebel tyranny; war news, including "A surgeon writing from McClellan's army, speaking of operations upon the field at the time of the battle of Fair Oaks says he removed limbs and cut out bullets without using chloroform, the patients being so excited by the noise of the artillery and musketry as not to mind the pain."; Also contains usual ads (some with cuts), marriages, births, and deaths, and patent medicines.

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