Century Dispatch
March 20
13 years of headlines
1927
A Senator Pays for Justice Out-of-Pocket, and a 'Dead Girl' Walks Home After 19 Months
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1926
A President mourns, Alabama plays ball, and a 'sea serpent' surfaces - March 20, 1926
The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)
1906
1906: Murder suspect helps arrange courtroom evidence as Maine cities celebrate debt-free budgets
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1886
Inside the Cleveland White House: Mud Holes, Brazilian Princes, and Confederate Flags (March 1886)
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
A Poem About the Old South's 'Desolate' Ruins—Published Just as Reconstruction Ended
Weekly Arkansas gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
1866
One Year After Appomattox: How Baltimore Newspapers Captured a Nation Stumbling Toward Peace
Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)
1865
March 20, 1865: Confederate Congress's Secret $3M Coin Tax & Lee's Rejected Peace Plea to Grant
Richmond Whig (Richmond, Va.)
1864
Rebel cavalry massing at Fredericksburg as Grant prepares spring assault—and prisoners reveal Confederate cruelty
New York dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1863
A Sleepwalking Miser, a Missing Fortune & a Detective's Dark Dream—Solved
The Willimantic journal (Willimantic, Conn.)
1862
Burnside's Bold Victory at Newbern: How a Union General Won (Before Becoming Civil War's Worst General)
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1861
Texas Joins the Confederacy—While Its Governor Refuses: A State Fractures (March 20, 1861)
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1856
When America Sold Tomorrow: Slave Auctions and Land Speculation in 1856
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1846
What Washington D.C. Was Buying (and Selling) Just Before the Mexican-American War
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])

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