Petersburg Progress

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"Petersburg Progress" A newspaper briefly printed by Union soldiers after occupying Petersburg in April 1865. Issue No. 4 which circulated on April 10, carried the news of Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.

from: "Webb Garrison's Civil War Dictionary" by Webb Garrison Sr. page 246.
 
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