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Old May 18, 2018, 01:13 PM   #461
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From the Camden Confederate, April 25, 1862

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The Northern Papers say that among the prizes captured by the Federal Soldiers at Fort Donelson, was a rifle said to be worth one thousand dollars. Its breech is said to be inlaid with the finest gold. It belonged to a hotel keeper in Memphis, and was won by him at a horse race.
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