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  • Map of rebel locations on the Mississippi River...
    Item #726686
    NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 1862  The front page features a Civil War map headed: "The New Rebel Location on the Mississippi" at the border of Kentucky & Tennessee, showing Obionville, New Madrid, Hickman, Columbus, and more. There are many ftpg. column heads including: "The Enemy reported to be Concentrating at Chattanooga" "The... Read full description  

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  • Confederacy's first iron-clad ship... Interesting P.T. Barnum ad...
    Item #726613
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 7, 1862 

    * CSS Manassas ironclad ship
    * Interesting ad for P.T. Barnum's American Museum

    War reports are found on pages 4 & 5 with column heads including: "The War For The Union" 'The Abolition of Slavery in the District" "The Confiscation Bill" "The Rebel Blockade Run" "The Latest About the... Read full description  

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  • Richmond is about to fall to the Yankees...
    Item #726571
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 5, 1981 

    * HIV/AIDS is 1st reported to the public 
    * Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
    * Over a year prior to it's official name 
    * Gay-Related Immune Deficiency

    The bottom of page 3 has a heading that reads: "Outbreaks of Pneumonia Among Gay Males Studied" (see images) Through research, this particular report in this... Read full description  
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  • Two front page maps...
    Item #723759
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 12, 1862  

    * Battle of Port Republic - Stonewall Jackson victory
    * Memphis TN Tennessee - Fort Pillow maps


    The front page has not one but two front page maps, headed: "The Action Before Memphis" and: "The Situation At Fort Pillow".
    There are also first column heads on the Civil War including: "Another Battle In The Shenandoah... Read full description  
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  • Nine issues with  Civil War-related content...
    Item #723664
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York  A nice lot of 9 different issues from 1862, each contains within reports on military events from the Civil War, or reports of developments and improvements of military equipment.
    Each issue complete in 16 pages and in nice condition.
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  • General Johnston's report on the Battle of Seven Pines...
    Item #722692
    DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, July 31, 1862 

    * Very rare Confederate publication
    * Rebel General Joseph E. Johnston
    * Battle of Seven Pines - Fair Oaks


    Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border very near Montgomery.
    Page 2 begins... Read full description  
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  • Emancipation Proclamation...   Polish Jews in Cracow...
    Item #720646
    HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, November, 1862  

    * President Abraham Lincoln
    * Emancipation Proclamation


    Near the back of the issue under "Monthly Record of Current Events" is a report on the Emancipation Proclamation. "On the 22d of September the President issued a very important proclamation. ... that he should at... Read full description  
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  • Civil War map of a naval battle near Fort Pillow...
    Item #719305
    NEW YORK HERALD, May 18, 1862

    * U.S. naval operations near Fort Pillow
    * Mississippi River - Andrew H. Foote


    Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From South Carolina" "Effects of the Abolition Edict of General Hunter" "The Contrabands Eschew a military Life" "Heroism Of Nine Colored Seamen" (with... Read full description  
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  • Death of Commodore Uriah P. Levy...   Large Civil War map...
    Item #718160
    NEW YORK HERALD, March 24, 1862  

    * Uriah P. Levy death (1st report)
    * 1st Jewish commodore of U.S. Navy
    * American Civil War - Jews


    The most notable content within this issue is the very brief, but historic page 5 report of the death of Commodore (Admiral) Uriah P. Levy, the first U.S. Jewish Commodore, war of 1812 war... Read full description  
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  • Surrender of New Orleans...  Battle of Shiloh...  Emancipation of Slaves...
    Item #717880
    THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, April 30, 1862  

    * Capture of New Orleans, Louisiana
    * Emancipation of slaves in D.C.


    Among the articles within are: "A Serious Talk with Serious Men" "Emancipation of Slaves" "...on the Bill to abolish Slavery in the District of Columbia; "War News of the Week" "Free Negroes in... Read full description  
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  • Stonewall Jackson resigned his command?
    Item #717570
    DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Feb. 8, 1862 

    * Very rare Confederate title
    * General Stonewall Jackson - resigns?


    Among the various reports inside is an interesting one: "The Richmond Whig is pained to hear that Gen. Jackson ('Stone Wall') has resigned his commission in the army, and says that 'in him the service loses one of the... Read full description  
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  • John Wilkes Booth 3 years before his notoriety...
    Item #716274
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 25, 1862  The bottom of the front page contains one of the fascinating tidbits of history which delight collectors, in this case an inconspicuous advertisement for a theatrical production of The Apostate at the Mary Provost Theater in New York--starring John Wilkes Booth. 
    See the photo for the complete ad... Read full description  

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  • The "Rare & Early Newspapers' logo... Civil War reporting... Prince Albert's funeral...
    Item #716162
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Jan. 4, 1862   The front page has prints: "The Falls of the Riviere Du Loup, In Lower, or Eastern Canada" and: "Riviere Du Loup, or Fraserville, on the St. Lawrence, the Eastern Terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway".
    Prints inside include: "The Slidell & Mason Case... Read full description  
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  • Yankees sore over Stuart's incursion into Pennsylvania...
    Item #714287
    DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Oct. 21, 1862 

    * From the capital of the Confederacy
    * Rebels first Northern states invasion


    A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page includes: "From Northern Virginia" "The Situation In Mississippi" "Additional From the North" which is very lengthy &... Read full description  
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  • From the capital of the Confederacy...
    Item #714285
    DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 1, 1862  The entire front page is taken up with ads, and page 2 has an editorial beginning: "On Friday the 28th of March Mr. Davis made the first practical suggestion of a general measure for the support of the war which Congress has received from him..." which concerns a request for a draft of soldiers... Read full description  
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  • Yankees from Virginia... from the capital of the Confederate States of America...
    Item #714284
    DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, March 3, 1862  Not just a newspaper from the Confederacy, but from the capital of the Confederate states. The entire front page is taken up with advertisements. Page 2 includes the always interesting editorial, this one beginning: "The President has placed Richmond under... Read full description  
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  • Large & ornate masthead from the Civil War era...
    Item #713518
    NEW HAMPSHIRE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, Manchester, July 2, 1862 

    * Great masthead engraving 

    The title reflects the theme of this issue, being primarily a farming-related newspaper with agricultural concerns taking much of the front page and some inside space as well. However Civil War reporting is found on pages 2 & 3 with a... Read full description  
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  • Lincoln repeals Hunter's controversial order emancipating slaves...   Robert Smalls...
    Item #712776
    NEW YORK WORLD, May 20, 1862 

    * General David Hunter's Emancipation order
    * Abraham Lincoln rebuffs (nullifies)

    * Robert Smalls & companions to be compensated


    The front page begins with column heads: "PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION" "Gen. Hunter's Proclamation Void" "The Power of Declaring Slaves Free... Read full description  
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  • Robert Smalls leads fellow slaves to freedom... The USS Planter... - President Lincoln repeals General Hunter's order (no. 11), which had emancipated slaves...

    Robert Smalls leads fellow slaves to freedom... The USS Planter...

    Item #712734
    NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, May 24, 1862 

    * General David Hunter order
    * Emancipation of slaves
    * Abraham Lincoln rebuffs
    * Robert Smalls - born in slavery
    * Leads fellow slaves to freedom


    Page 2 begins with: "Gen. Hunter Overruled".  This concerns the controversial situation where Hunter pronounced slaves free in... Read full description  
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  • President Lincoln repeals General Hunter's order (no. 11), which had emancipated slaves...  Two mentions of Robert Smalls...
    Item #712691
     NEW YORK TIMES, May 20, 1862 

    * General David Hunter's Emancipation order
    * Abraham Lincoln rebuffs (nullifies)
    * Robert Smalls & companions to be compensated


    Page one has: "Gen. Hunter's Order Repudiated by the President" followed by: "He Pronounces it Void and of No Effect" "The... Read full description  
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  • Lincoln's state-of-the-union address...
    Item #712559
    NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Dec. 6, 1862  Taking almost the entirety of page 6 is Abraham Lincoln's second state-of-the-union address at the conclusion of his second year as President, signed by him in type: Abraham Lincoln.
    Much relates to the Civil War with his thoughts on its progress and the progress of the entire country at that point. 
    The... Read full description  

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  • Much Civil War reporting...
    Item #712558
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 29, 1862  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War: "FROM GENERAL BURNSIDE'S ARMY" "The Enemy Still Actively Fortifying Their Position" "Reported Arrival of Bragg's Troops" "Arrival of Northern Ladies from Fredericksburg" "Bitter Hostility of the Women of the City" "REBEL ATTACK ON NEW BERN" "A Rally & The Rebels Repulsed" and more.
    Eight pages, good condition.

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  • Two Civil War maps...
    Item #710722
    NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, April 26, 1862  Although there are Civil War reports throughout, the features of this issue would be the two Civil War maps, headed: "The Bombardment of Fort Pulaski" on page 6, and: "The Battle At Lee's Mills, Virginia" on page 7.
    Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, good condition.

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  • Unusual, graphic issue...
    Item #710719
    NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 23, 1862  An uncommonly graphic front page as the first column headlines are capped with an image of an eagle on the U.S. shield with flags, and the bottom of the heads features a print of the U.S. flag.
    The first column heads concern the patriotic fervor in the city during the anniversary of Washington's birthday. 
    Eight pages, very nice condition.

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  • Six Civil War issues of the famous Tribune, all from 1862...
    Item #710713
    NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, a lot of six issues dated Jan. 4, 11, April 5, May 17, 31, and Nov. 5, 1862  Each is complete in 8 pages, all never-bound nor trimmed, consequently expected wear at the margins & central fold, much Civil War reporting throughout. The Nov. 5 issue has minor loss at the top margin not affecting text.

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  • Historic newspaper item #710706
    Item #710706
    THE WORLD, New York, July 31, 1862  Among front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Reported Evacuation of Richmond" "Disloyalty in the District" "Arrest of a Colonel for Communicating with the Rebels" "The War In Missouri" "Invasion by Guerrillas from Arkansas" "Outrages Committed by the Rebels" "The Rebel Raid in Kentucky" "Rusellville Captured by the Rebels" "Rebels... Read full description  

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  • A grand triumph over the Confederates...
    Item #710705
    THE WORLD, New York, June 30, 1862  First column heads include: "Gen. McClellan's Army" "Another Great Battle" "Grand Triumph Over the Rebels" "Reports From Rebel Sources" "Jackson Said to have Turned the Right Wing of our Army" plus more reporting. Civil War reports inside as well.
    Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, minor damage near the masthead does not affect any text.

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  • Regarding the surrender of Harper's Ferry...
    Item #710595
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 17, 1862  

    * Maryland Campaign 
    * Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
    * Battle of Munfordville, Kentucky

    Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The War For The Union" "The Invasion of Maryland" "The Surrender of Harper's Ferry" "5,000 Prisoners Made by the Rebels" "A Tremendous Battle Yesterday" "The Whole... Read full description  
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  • Battle of Seven Pines...   Fair Oaks...
    Item #709961
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 2, 1862  

    * Battle of Seven Pines - Fair Oaks w/ map

    The feature of this issue is the nice front page map headed: "THE BATTLE BEFORE RICHMOND" which shows the vicinity.
    Also many front page one column Civil War heads including: "Great Battle on the Chickahominy" "Our Advance Attacked By the Rebels" "The Enemy Repulsed Everywhere"... Read full description  
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  • Two front page Civil War maps...
    Item #709960
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 12, 1862  

    * Battle of Eltham's Landing
    * Surrender of Norfolk, Virgina
    * Two ftpg. Civil War maps

    The front page is dominated by not one but two Civil War maps, the larger titled: "The Seat Of War In  Eastern Virginia" and the smaller: "Norfolk And Vicinity".
    There are many one column heads as well including: "Important From the... Read full description  
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  • Great Civil War map of Yorktown & Norfolk & vicinity...
    Item #709938
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 5, 1862  

    * George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign map
    * Siege & capture of Yorktown & Gloucester Point

    The front page is dominated by a huge Civil War map headed: "THE YORKTOWN PENINSULA" which shows from Yorktown to Norfolk and much in between.
    Nice first column heads as well including: "YORKTOWN EVACUATED"... Read full description  
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  • A battle is brewing on the outskirts of Richmond...
    Item #709893
    DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, May 24, 1862 

    * Battle of Princeton Court House
    * Siege of Corinth, Mississippi


    A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page has: "Heavy Skirmish in the Neighborhood of Richmond", with what appears to a lengthy related editorial on page two which states in part: "This... Read full description  
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  • Latest news on the Civil War...
    Item #707930
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 9, 1862  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Skirmish On the Blackwater" "One of the Most Brilliant Affairs of the War" "Rebels Caught in a Trap" "Pursuit of a Georgia Regiment" "Skirmishing In Arkansas" "Attack Upon General Blunt" "From Nashville" "Surprise & Surrender of a Union Brigade" "Severe... Read full description  
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  • A Proclamation by Jefferson Davis...
    Item #707408
    DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, May 5, 1862  

    * Jefferson Davis proclamation
    * President of the Confederacy
    * "Day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer"


    Not just a nice Confederate newspaper, but one from the capital of the Confederacy.  Page 2 has a lengthy editorial concerning the Civil War. Also inside are: "Movements & Spirit of the... Read full description  
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  • News from the Confederate capital...
    Item #707370
    DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 26, 1862  Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "From the Rappahannock" "McClellan's Departure" "Federal Enrolling Citizens of Norfolk" "Confederate States Congress" "From the South" "Letter from Capt. Brown of the Arkansas" and more.
    Complete as a single sheet, some flaking at the bottom... Read full description  
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  • Civil War map of Richmond, Petersburg & vicinity...
    Item #707361
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1862  The front page features a nice & very detailed Civil War map headed: "The Military and Naval Advance Toward Richmond and Petersburgh." Plus there are nice one column Civil War heads including: "Suffolk Occupied by a Portion of Gen. Wool's Forces" "Skirmishing With the Enemy" "The Advance On Corinth" "The... Read full description  
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  • Civil War map of  Grand Junction, Tennessee...
    Item #707352
    NEW YORK HERALD, May 3, 1862  

    * Grand Junction, Tennessee
    * Siege of Fort Macon ends
    * Baton Rouge, Louisiana


    The front page features a Civil War map headed: "Probable Retreat of Beauregard To Grand Junction" showing the Corinth vicinity at the Mississippi Tennessee, Alabama border.
    Column heads on the Civil War include: "Capture... Read full description  
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  • No tax on slaves...
    Item #707052
    NEW YORK HERALD, June 25, 1862  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Tax Bill" "Cotton To Be Taxed" "No Tax On Slaves" "Interesting From Memphis" "Important From Arkansas" "News From Fortress Monroe" and more.
    Eight pages, good condition.
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  • From New Orleans, after Union occupation...
    Item #706615
    THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 27, 1862  

    * Rare "Union occupation" publication
    * Civil War original from the Deep South


    Although from the midst of the Civil War, New Orleans fell to Northern forces in April, 1862 causing this to be a Union-occupation newspaper.
    Various news items of the day with some Civil War... Read full description  
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  • From California during the Civil War...
    Item #706605
    SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, California, Feb. 7, 1862  As would be expected there is much news from the West, including a nearly full column report headed: "Letter From Salt Lake". The back page has Civil War reports including: "The Battle & Federal Victory at Milford, Missouri" "Surrender of 1,300 Rebels" "Atlantic News & More".
    Four pages, close-trimmed at the bottom of pages 2 & 3, minimal margin wear, good condition.
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  • Gunboat USS Cairo sunk...   Cargo of slaves...
    Item #706598
    NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 25, 1862  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Blockade Run at Charleston by a Very Large Steamer" "Rebel Troops to be Clothed Like National Troops" & more.
    Page 2 carries a lengthy report: "The War in the Southwest: The Destruction of the Gunboat Cairo by a Torpedo in the Yazoo River - How the... Read full description  
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  • Two front page Civil War maps...
    Item #706402
    NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 15, 1862 

    * Roanoke Island North Carolina
    * Edenton & Elizabeth City NC

    The front page is dominated by two nice Civil War maps, headed: "THE BRILLIANT VICTORY AT ROANOKE" and: "EDENTON AND ELIZABETH CITY".
    First column heads report much on the war including events relating to the two maps. Some include: "The Integrity of... Read full description  
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  • Map shows the Cumberland River...
    Item #705997
    NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 9, 1862  The front page features a Civil War map headed: "The Rebel General Zollicoffer's Position On the Cumberland River.", plus several columns have war-related heads including: "Great Activity at the Headquarters of the Army" "Gen. Sherman's Report of Gen. Stevens' Operations on the Coosaw River" "Important From Western... Read full description  
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  • John Wilkes Booth 3 years before his notoriety...
    Item #705983
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 20, 1862  

    * John Wilkes Booth theater ad
    * Civil War original reporting


    Page 2 contains one of the fascinating tidbits of history which delight collectors, in this case an inconspicuous advertisement for a theatrical production of Richard III at the Mary Provost Theater in New York--starring John Wilkes... Read full description  
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  • A Robert E. Lee Proclamation just before Antietam...
    Item #705972
    RICHMOND ENQUIRER, Virginia, Sept. 18, 1862 

    * Robert E. Lee proclamation to Marylanders 
    * Prelude to the Battle of Antietam - Sharpsburg
    * From the capital of the Confederacy 


    The front page has: "General Lee's Proclamation To the People of Maryland" which presents his reasons for the Confederate army being in that state.... Read full description  
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  • Battle of Pea Ridge...
    Item #705728
    THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, March 26, 1862  

    * Rare pro-Confederate title
    * Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas
    * Fort Donelson - Tennessee


    Among the items in this issue are: ""The Free Negro Question in Ohio" "Jeff. Davis' Message Accompanying the Report of Floyd of the Battle of Fort Donelson" which is signed in type: Jefferson Davis; "Reflections on the... Read full description  
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  • Civil War map of Richmond, Petersburg & vicinity...
    Item #705694
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1862  

    * General George B. McClellan 
    * Peninsula Campaign Civil War map
    * Richmond & Petersburg, Virginia 

    The front page features a nice & very detailed Civil War map headed: "The Military and Naval Advance Toward Richmond and Petersburgh." (see). Plus there are nice one column Civil War heads including: "Suffolk... Read full description  
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  • Monitor versus the Merrimac...
    Item #705692
    NEW-YORK TIMES, March 11, 1862  

    * Battle of Hampton Roads
    * Monitor vs. Merrimack
    * Historic Civil War naval battle
    * Union and Confederate ironclads


    Back page heads report the famous naval battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia, between the Monitor and Merrimac: "The Battle In Hampton Roads" "Interesting Details of the Two Days' Fighting" "How The... Read full description  
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  • A Proclamation by John Hunt Morgan...
    Item #705688
    DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 1, 1862  

    * From the capital of the Confederacy
    * John Hunt Morgan proclamation 


    Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "Affairs on the Rappahannock--Depredations of the Enemy--The Approaching Conflict" "Affairs in North Carolina" "Vandalism in Memphis" "Dashing Cavalry Exploit in... Read full description  
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  • Lincoln's letter to General Fremont...
    Item #705638
    THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, March 19, 1862  

    * President Abraham Lincoln
    * General John C. Fremont


    Among the articles are: "Official War Orders" by the President, signed in type: Abraham Lincoln, plus his: "General War Order No. 2" and "...No. 3", each also signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
    Also of interest is Lincoln's letter to General... Read full description  
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