Home > Back to Search Results > Very uncommon "Confederate" title...
Click image to enlarge 611284
Show image list »

Very uncommon "Confederate" title...



Item # 611284

Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.



May 31, 1862

THE CHRISTIAN BANNER, Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 31, 1862 

* Very rare Confederate title

This is certainly one of the more rare newspapers from this Confederate state, and is the volume 1, number 4 issue. Fredericksburg was occupied by federal forces several times during the war, this period being one of them as the news in this issue have an obviously pro-federal slant. An article on the back page notes that this newspaper was suspended on May 9, 1861 because: "...the secession flag...was waving over our city..." but then it resumed publication May 9, 1862 because: "...today the American flag...now floats proudly over us...", with much more on why they resurrected the newspaper (see). This title would stop printing in August, 1862.
The front page has a lengthy item under: "Submission" which criticizes Virginians for fearing to "submit" to Yankee forces (see for portions). Also: "News from Gen. Wool's Department--Permanent Occupation of Suffolk, Va." and a notable article headed: "The Order of General Hunter--The Proclamation of the President" is concerning the controversial situation where Hunter pronounced slaves free in Florida, Georgia & South Carolina, previous to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln reversed Hunter's action (see hyperlink for much more).
Inside has: "African Slavery" "Stampede of Slaves" beginning: "Thousands of negroes in Virginia are taking leave of their owners & are going, they know not where..."; "Rebellion & Stubbornness" "From Gen. Halleck's Army" "Virginia The Battle Field" "The Crisis on Us!" "
Complete in four pages, never bound nor trimmed, printed on a wrapping paper-like stock ("necessity" paper), toned in the upper left quadrant of the front page, some wear at fold junctures, never bound nor trimmed.

Category: Confederate