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The Daily Dispatch: 1862 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has been the primary daily newspaper of Richmond, Virginia for over the past 150 years. At the time of establishment in 1850, it was one of the very few non-partisan newspapers around and featured relatively unbiased articles. During the Civil War, Richmond became the capital of the Confederate states and the Daily Dispatch decided to promote the Confederate cause. The...

spark of life, Blood shall stain his broad Blood shall wet his knife-- Out ye Hessian horsemen! Crush him — if ye can! But we worth your staunchest slaye Who meets him, man to man! IV. 'Tis no time for pleasure! Doff the silken vest! Up! my men! and follow Marion of the West! Strike with him for freedom! Strike with main and might, Neath the noonday splendor, Neath the gloom of night; Strike by rock and roadside Strike in wold, and wood By the shadowy valley, By the purpling flood, On! where MORGAN'S