Col. R. J. Breckingridge, jun., of the rebel army, was captured near Midway, Kentucky, Friday. He had been sent to that State by his cousin, the rebel Secretary of War, to get recruits, or rather to induce former rebel soldiers to rejoin their commands.
[March 4, 1865, Burlington Weekly Hawkeye, Burlington Iowa -- Submitted by Shauna Williams]

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