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Today in Civil War Newspaper History
December 19, 1864
The New York Herald 

Union General W.T. Sherman closes in on the strategic Confederate city of Savannah, Georgia. Large map of the area around Savannah, Georgia.

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Today in Civil War Newspaper History
December 13, 1861

The First Division Proclamation

The rare Union Army newspaper is published by volunteers of Company B 14th Regiment, Illinois – in the Camp of the First Division Department of the West.