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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 2, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief account of the battle at Edward's Ferry (Ball's Bluff). The writer blames ignorance of the territory, the number of enemy troops, and a lack of basic military skill for this disaster.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 22, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer lays out the events that took place at Harper's Ferry on October 17th. He tells his readers that this story came to him from a reliable source, and he wants them to know the truth of what transpired that day.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page