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The Siege of Vicksburg: Another Line of Defences Discovered in the Rear of the City – 2-3
Threatened Invasion of the North: The War to be Transferred to the Loyal States – 3
From the Army of the Potomac: Important Orders Issued by Gen. Hooker – 3
The War in the Far West: The Yeager Raid – 3-4
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 4
Editorial: Rebel Threat of Invasion – 4-5
Editorial: Commerce on the Mississippi – 5-6
Confederate Bonds – 6
The Utica Gathering – 6

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Journalistic curiosity. The NYT is beginning to drop the superfluous “h” at the end of Vicksburg in some cases, as in today’s main Page 1 headline, but leaving it in place in other headlines and on the editorial page. What does it mean?