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January 22, 1862 – Beware of Counterfeits
Our attention has been called to the manner in which one of the two dollar treasury notes of this State has been counterfeited, so as to make it pass for…
Thoughtfully curated historical journalism
The Philadelphia Press calls attention to an article by Rev Dr Breckinridge, the loyal uncle of the great Kentucky traitor, published in the Danville Review, and entitled The “Civil War; its Nature and End.” A very striking portion of it describes the Union feeling existing in the mountain regions of Western Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, which Dr Breckinridge aptly terms “the mountain empire.”