Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Letters and diary of Laura M. Towne.

August 4, 2012

Letters and diary of Laura M. Towne

Written from the Sea islands of South Carolina.

[Diary] August 4.

Bad news to-night. Halleck is made General-in-Chief of the Army. There has been a meeting in New York of conservative men who sent a petition to Lincoln for emancipation.

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