(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) Broadside newspaper slip Avalanche

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Broadside newspaper slip: "Avalanche Extra. Later from Virginia! Another Grand Victory for the Confederates!" Letterpress handbill broadside, 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches; folds, 1/2-inch hole slightly affecting text, printed off register, foxing and toning. [Memphis, TN], 16 August [1861]

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This crudely printed extra features a dispatch from Richmond, as relayed by telegraph via New Orleans. It anticipates news from the West Virginia theater where "important news from the West has been hourly looked for since the departure of Gen. Lee to assume command of the forces opposing Rosencranz." The main news: "A battle occurred at Leesburg, in which 300 of the enemy were killed, and the remaining [?]00 taken prisoners. Loss on our side insignificant--six killed and nine wounded. All the arms, ammunition and baggage of the enemy were captured."

News of this Battle of Leesburg quickly spread across the country, but details were never confirmed, and within a week it was generally agreed to be a false rumor. Memphis fell under Union control in June 1862.