News By Telegraph Great Battle Before Richmond The Rebels Repulsed Followed By 30 Long Paragraphs

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Rockland, ME? Rockland Gazette? 1862. Broadside, 13 x 9 3/8 inches, employing three medium size display types for the headlines. This broadside prints a detailed account of the Battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines' Mill taken from a New York Tribune extra , fought near Richmond June 26-27, 1862; though suffering heavy losses Rebels Repulsed! , Robert E. Lee, in his first battles as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, forced McClellan's wirthdrawal

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