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April 30, 1861 – The Shreveport Rangers
The Shreveport Rangers left our city on Sunday morning, to offer their services to the Governor. This company is composed, if we mistake not, of men, who fear nothing human,…
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Overflow of the Ouachita
We learn from a gentleman who has just arrived from the Ouachita country, that the river overflowed its banks, and threatens the lands from Harrisonburg down. As it now is,…
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January 28, 1861 – Louisiana Troops Seize Federal Hospital
Washington, Jan. 27 - Information was received by the Government this morning, from the collector at New Orleans, stating that the barracks about two miles below New Orleans, now occupied…