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
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: battle; Civil War; crime; fugitives; Leesburgh; military; North; Potomac; slave-catcher
People: Baker, [Edward D.]; Banks, [Nathaniel Prentiss]; Paterson, [Robert]; Stone, [Charles Pomeroy]
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers