The best Lie yet.
The New York Herald has it from ‘"high military authority" ’ that the Federals lost only 380 killed at Manassas. And fifty thousand men ran away and gave up all their cannon, on account of such a loss.
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The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 1, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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