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Cleveland Morning Leader, 18 February 1864
(ed; 9 inches)
~ See original
p.2, col.1
~ View at ChronAm
2459 - L Feb. 18; ed: 2/1 - The expedition to seize the military triangle
formed by Mobile, Meridan, and Selma offers vast military possibilities.
Control of these cities means control of the most defensible stronghold in
the gulf states.
"We shall witness a combination of military power that will strike the
center of the Rebellion and drive the scattered forces to the circumference
where but a short life awaits them." (9)
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