A Southern War Correspondent Offers Views of Lee and His Army After Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Campaign
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He signed his name as "X" in his dispatches to the Richmond Enquirer, and filled newspaper columns with hope and steadied nerves that supported the citizens of the capital and elsewhere across the South as they fought for independence. He is Edward A. Pollard, and here's an example of his narrative.
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