The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-09-14

ID ROSPECTUS OF THE GREAT NAT
i IONAL WORK. HISTORY, Civil,
Political and Military Of the SOUTHERN
REBELLION, Comprehending, also, all
important State Papers Confederate and
FederaIO all ordinances, of Secession,
Proceedings of Congress (Rehel and Fed
eral,j Remarkable speeches &C., together
with official Reports of Commanders, Army
and Navy Statistics, Maps, &c., BY
CRVTLLE J. VICTOR, TO be completed in
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