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Civil War Harper's Weekly, July 5, 1862

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Affairs in Memphis Tennessee

General Silas Casey

Fairoaks Battle Description

VOL. VI.—No. 288.]

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1862.

SINGLE COPIES SIX CENTS.

$2 50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1862, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

THE LEVEE AT MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE—HAULING SUGAR AND COTTON FROM THEIR HIDING-PLACES FOR SHIPMENT NORTH.—SKETCHED BY MR. ALEX. SIMPLOT [ SEE PAGE 423.]

A. Fort State Corner,—B, Fort (Not named).—C. Fort Colonel Churchill.—D. The Gap.—E. Fort Colonel Rains.—F. Fort Colonel Mallory.—G. Stockade and Rifle-pits.—I. Lewis' Gap.—L. Fort Colonel Hunter.—M. Kentucky Road through Gap.—O. Baptist Gap.—P. Earth-works recently constructed.

GENERAL VIEW OF CUMBERLAND GAP, TENNESSEE.—SKETCHED By DR. B. HOWARD, U.S.A.—[SEE PAGE 419.]

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