THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL, Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 6, 1864  If the title and city of publication seem to be in conflict, they are not. This newspaper had a fascinating history during the Civil War.
Memphis was a Confederate stronghold up through the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862, at which time the Yankees moved in and it became a Yankee city. The "Memphis Daily Appeal", dedicated to the Southern cause rallying both civilians & soldiers, it was the most important newspaper of the region, soon famously known as the "Moving Appeal."
On June 6, 1862, the presses and plates were loaded into a boxcar and moved to Grenada, Mississippi, where it stayed for a few months, until approaching Federal troops threatened again, forcing a move in November 1862 to Jackson, Mississippi, where it published until May 1863, when Federal troops again arrived. By this time, the Appeal had gained notoriety among Union forces as a rebel sympathizer while it remained on the run. The next stop was Meridian, Mississippi, from where, one issue and two days later, the wandering journalists moved on to Mobile, Alabama, then to Montgomery, and ultimately to Atlanta, the economic heart of the Confederacy. Publication from Atlanta began in June 1863 and continued through July 1864, when it returned to Montgomery, where it published from September 1864 to April 1865. Its final move was to Columbus, Georgia, where Federal forces finally caught up with it. It resumed publication following the war in Memphis on November 5, 1865. During just a four year period this newspaper published in nine different cities. (credit: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
The front page has: "The Anti-Substitute Law" "President Davis" "The Irish Controversy About Our Civil War" "The Tenth Mississippi Infantry" "A King Dethroned" "More Scared Than Hurt" "Letter of John Martin About Our Civil War" "The United States Presidential Election" "The March of Sherman's Corps from Memphis to Chattanooga" & more.
The back page includes: "The Needs of the Hour" being the editorial; "General Morgan's Command" "A Precaution" "The Duty Of Those at Home" "Abuses In The Army" "The Army, War & Peace" "The End of the Colonization Scheme--How the Negroes Were Treated" "Federal Outrages in North Carolina" with several subheads including: "Ladies Insulted--Southern Women In Irons--A Georgian Hung--The Invader's Torch" & more; "Siege of Charleston" and other smaller items. The bkpg. also has a lengthy ad headed: "$1000 Reward !  Runaway Negroes. Stop Them ! Stop Them ! " with details (see images).
Nice war-related content in a Confederate "Memphis" newspaper printed in Atlanta. Single sheet, nice condition.