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Monitor vs. the Merrimac, in a Confederate newspaper...
Monitor vs. the Merrimac, in a Confederate newspaper...
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March 24, 1862
DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, March 24, 1862 Not only is this a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but it is from the Confederate capital and consequently has much reporting from "The Confederate Congress" on page 3.
This issue has a misprinted date of March 22, corrected in pencil (see).
There is a great amount of Civil War reporting in this issue. Page 2 includes an editorial which includes in part: "...significant movements in the lines of the Northern army...leave no doubt of the fact that we are on the eve of important military events...The retreat of the Confederate forces from Manassas has not been pursued. Experience & reflection has...probably taught the Northern general...that the plan of an advance on Richmond...is fallacious & dangerous if not impracticable..." with much more (see for portions).
Page 2 also contains the "President's General War Order No. 1" signed in type: Abraham Lincoln, followed by his Orders No. 2 and 3, again each signed by him: Abraham Lincoln (see).
Other war-related heads and subheads on page 2 include: "Affairs Along the Potomac" "The Lincoln Government & Its Foreign Relations" "Appointment of Major General--M'Clellan Growing In Disfavour" "The War In the West--The Federal Plan of the Campaign" "The Enemy's Movements About Savannah" "The Arkansas Battle" "The Battle of New Bern--Killed & Wounded" "The Norther Congress" "Speech of Hon. William Yancey..." "Yankees Bagged on Edisto Island" and even more.
But the most significant content in this issue is the full column report headed: "The Naval Battle in Hampton Roads--Northern Statement of The Fight--Interesting Details of the Affair" with various subheads on the historic naval battles there, including a report with a subhead: "Fight Between The Monitor and Merrimac" which was a signal event in naval history, being the first battle between ironclad steamers (see photos). This significant & very detailed report has some prefacing comments including: "...Northern papers continue to be full of their accounts of the late naval battle in Hampton Roads...following account from the New York World as it appears to us the most candid statement of the affair we have had from the enemy...".
Page 3 also has a full column of reports from: "The Confederate Congress" and other items headed: "City Intelligence" "the Legislature of Virginia" "Telegraphic News--The Enemy on the Mississippi--Shelling of Island No. 10" "Congress & The Crisis" "Price of Negroes" and other items.
Most of the back page is mostly taken up with various Acts of the Confederate Congress.
Complete as a four page newspaper, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition. A great wealth of Confederate reporting on the Civil War.
Category: Confederate
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