Historic Newspapers: The Civil War
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Item #615642NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 1, 1861 The front page has a one column map headed: "Seat of War In Northern Virginia" which also shows portions of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio (see). The front page also features a lengthy article headed: "A Sketch of Major-General Butler". Many Civil War reports and one column heads on the inside pages.
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Item #615567THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 17, 1862
* Tazewell TN Tennessee
* Baton Rouge LA Louisiana
Among the ftpg. Civil War heads are: "Interesting From New Orleans' "The Negro Brigade Controversy Still Pending" "Commerce & Trade Increasing" "General Butler's Measures to Relieve the Poor of New Orleans' "A Grant... Read full description -
Item #614612NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 12, 1863
* General Henry Wager Halleck
* Official year in review report
* Jefferson Davis
The entire front page & half of pg. 6 are taken up with: "THE WAR IN 1863" "The Official Report of the Commander-in-Chief" "Highly Important Review" in which is detailed all the major military events of... Read full description -
Item #614602NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 18, 1863 This was the day before the Gettysburg Address, and how terrific it is to find two reports concerning the event. In the category of "who would have guessed then", the inconspicuous reports at the bottom of page 5 gave notice to what would become perhaps the most significant... Read full description -
Item #614597NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 31, 1863
* Battle of Wauhatchie, Tennessee
* Lookout Mountain captured
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Reports From Lee's Army" "Skirmishing in South-Western Virginia" "The Rebel Preparations In Texas" "Important From Chattanooga" "Attack Upon... Read full description -
Item #614539NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 22, 1864
* Battle of Globe Tavern
* 2nd Weldon Railroad
* Gouverneur K. Warren
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are; "FROM GRANT'S ARMY" "Movement of the Fifth Corps" "Seizure of the Welden Road" "Rebels Surprised and defeated" "their Efforts to Recover the... Read full description -
Item #614424NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 20, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The War In Virginia" "Reported Success of General Averill's Expedition" "Capture of Rebel Prisoners" "Rumored Naval Disaster" "The Chesapeake Piracy" and more.
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Item #614411NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 17, 1863 Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From The Mississippi" "Operations of the Marine Brigade" "Serious Steamboat Disaster" "Rumored Capture of Marmaduke" "The Bombardment at Charleston" "Operations Before Chattanooga" "The... Read full description -
Item #613828PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 5, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Gen. McClellan's Grand Army Advancing" "His Army Occupy all the Gaps Except Ashby's" "The Town of Upperville Occupied After a Fight" "The War In Kentucky" "Another 'Monitor' Completed" and more.
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Item #613827PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 1, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The War In Virginia" "Movements of the Union and Rebel Armies" "Rebels Make the Shenandoah the Base of Their Operations" "Winchester to be the Scene of the Next Great Conflict' "Arrest of the Medicine... Read full description -
Item #613824PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Oct. 25, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are; "Affairs on the Potomac" "Gen. Rosecrans Supersedes General Buell" "Defeat of Rebel Rangers in Tennessee" "Matters at Centreville, Virginia" and more.
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Item #613345THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1862 Among the articles are: "General Banks at New Orleans" "Morgan's Raid Into Kentucky--Surrender of 600 Federals" "Further of the Battle of Dumfries" "Confirmation of Grant's Falling Back..." "Despotism--The American Inquisition in St.... Read full description -
Item #613227THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 19, 1860
* Pre-civil war tensions
* Secession talks throughout the SouthThis issue is loaded with advertisements and some pre-civil war reports which includes the following headlines: "THE SECESSION MOVEMENT", "Governor Aiken of South Carolina opposed to Secession", "The Georgia... Read full description -
Item #613212PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Oct. 17, 1862 Among the first column heads on the Civil War are: "THE ARMY ADVANCING!" "Gallantry Of Our Troops" "Enemy Met & Driven Back!" "Baxter's Zouaves in the Fight" "Lee at Winchester" "Generals Jackson & Hill at Bunker Hill" "Jeff Davis'... Read full description -
Item #613205PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 19, 1864 Among the first column heads on the Civil War are; "Activity Among the Rebels" "Great Capture of Union Cattle" "Hampton & Lee's Cavalry at Work" "Prompt Pursuit of the Rebels" "The Execution of a Deserter" and more.
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Item #613202PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, June 11, 1864
* John Hunt Morgan in Kentucky
* Bowling Green Kentucky burning
* General David Hunter's raid
Among the first column heads on the Civil War are: "Morgan's Kentucky Raid" "His Force Said to be 3000 Strong" "Our Forces In Hot Pursuit" "Rebels Overtaken &... Read full description -
Item #613200PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, May 25, 1864 Among the first column heads on the Civil War are: "Great's "Great Flank Movement" "Richmond in Great Danger" "Hancock South of Bowling Green" "Frightful Slaughter" "More Victories in Virginia" & more.
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Item #612823SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, July 17, 1865 Inside has some reports relating to Reconstruction including: "The Returning Regiments" "The Reconstruction Question" "The Freedmen in Alabama & Louisiana" "Miscellaneous War News" and more.
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Item #612561MANUFACTURERS & FARMERS JOURNAL, Providence, Rhode Island, Sept. 15, 1864 Page 2 has reports on the Civil War with: "Official War Bulletin" "Dispatches "From General Grant & Sherman" "Effusion of Blood Saved by Promptly Filling the Armies" "Good News From Sheridan" and more.
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Item #611720NEW-YORK TIMES, July 21, 1865 Pg. 3 has: "Outdoor Sports" "Base Ball" which include a summary and box score of a game between the Empire and Mutual clubs with mention there was: "...a goodly number of ladies being present." The back page has a summary and box score of a game between the Lowell team and the... Read full description -
Item #611540NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 26, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From General Burnside's Army" "No Movements in the Rebel Lines" "From the Mississippi Expedition" "Further Operations in Arkansas" "Capture of St. Charles, Duvall's Bluff, and DesArc" and much more.
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Item #611530NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 28, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Successes In The South-West" "Capture of the Texas Legion" "Rebel Force Near Franklin, Ky., Routed" "Prisoners Sent in From McMinnville" "Bragg Reported Killed by Breckinridge" "From Port Royal"... Read full description -
Item #611119NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 25, 1863
* Jefferson Davis speech
* Confederate president
* re. Chickamuauga victory
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Advance of Gen. Banks on the Bayou Teche" "Interesting from the Texas Coast" "From the Rebel States" "Address of Jeff. Davis to Bragg's... Read full description -
Item #611118NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 12, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Affairs In the South" "Rebel News from the Rapidan" "A Curious Battle In Virginia" "The Union Men of East Tennessee" "The Army of the Cumberland" "The Bulk of Johnston's Army Sent to Gen. Bragg"... Read full description -
Item #611117NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 15, 1864 Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC" "Reported Raid of Stuart's Rebel Cavalry to Leesburg" "M'CLELLANS REPORT" "Objects of War" "What His Plans Were as General-in-Chief" and more. (see)
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Item #611116NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 5, 1864 Among the one column heads are: "Organization of the City Government for 1864" "The Shenandoah Valley" "Meade's Army" and more.
Eight pages, damp stain at the top, nice condition.
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Item #611115NEW YORK HERALD, May 7, 1861 Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War are: "THE WAR" "Virginia to be Put on a War Footing" "The Difficulties of the Government with the Volunteers" "Alexandria to be Occupied To-Day by the Rhode Island Troops" "A Visit to Alexandria & Description of... Read full description -
Item #610960NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 24, 1863
* Jefferson Davis address to the troops
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Late Southern News" "The Engagement at Bristow Station" "Apologies For the Rebel Defeat" "Burnside's Operations in Virginia" "Jeff. Davis's Visit to Bragg's... Read full description -
Item #610887NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 25, 1863 Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are; "Defeat of Rebel Cavalry by Lieut. Cushing" "Interesting From Vicksburg" "Running the Blockade by Porter's Gunboats & Transports" "The Rear & Communications of Vicksburg Threatened" which includes a small... Read full description -
Item #610885NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 28, 1863 Among the front page column headlines on the Civil War are: "A Fight in East Tennessee" "The Rebels Driven Below Philadelphia" "Uprising of the People in Virginia, North Carolina, & Tennessee Against the Rebels" "A Fight Near Corinth" "The Rebels Driven Back with... Read full description -
Item #610807NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 4, 1864 Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From Texas" "Our Successes in the Lone Star State" "The Quota of the State to the Rebel Army" "Magruder's Orders & Pronunciamientos" "The Fighting Population of the South" and more.
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Item #610801NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 22, 1863 Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "What the Rebels Think of General Grant's Progress" "The National Currency Banking Business" "Late from Gen. Grant's Army" "From Gen. Peck's Department" "Late Southern News" and more.
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Item #610794NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 21, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Late Southern News" "The torpedo Attack on the Ironsides" "More Mob Indications In Richmond" "The Effect of the Freedom Proclamation in Mississippi" "Gen. Rosecrans Relieved of His Command" "Gen. Grant in... Read full description -
Item #607583THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, October 26, 1861
* Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia
* Battle of Santa Rosa Island
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE REBELLION" "Additional Particulars of the Battle at Ball's Bluff" "Names of the Killed & Wounded..." "The Great Naval... Read full description -
Item #607313THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 21, 1861
* Piedmont, West Virginia
* Savannah, Missouri
* Early in the Civil War
This genuine newspaper has a wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE REBELLION" "Advance of the Outposts of the Hostile... Read full description -
Item #606617PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Jan. 27, 1864 Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War are: "From Gen. Butler's Dept." "Important News From the South" "The Rebellion Pronounced a Failure" "The War in the Southwest" "Difficulties with the Sioux Indians" & more.
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Item #606606NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 11, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The "Army Of the Potomac" "Measures Taken to Repress Guerrilla Depredations" "Proclamation By Gen. Meade" "From the Mississippi Valley" "Defection of the Southerners from the Rebel Cause" & more.
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Item #606390THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Oct. 23, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE LATEST NEWS ! " "Important From The Potomac" "The Campaign In Maryland" "The Reply of Gen. McClellan to Governor Bradford" "Interesting News From Harrisburg" "The War In Kentucky &... Read full description -
Item #606389PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 13, 1862 Among the first column heads on the Civil War are: "THE WAR IN VIRGINIA!" "The Rebels Routed in Kentucky" "From General Sigel's Advance" "Secret Union Clubs in Texas" "The War In Tennessee" and more.
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Item #605944NEW HAMPSHIRE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, Manchester, Feb. 26, 1862 See the beautiful masthead. Page 2 ha: "Progress Of The War". Various other news items, much on farming, and even some reports from Congress.
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Item #605567NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 15, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From The South" "Proceedings In The Rebel Congress" "Jeff. Davis Fiercely Denounced" "Report of the Secretary of the Rebel Treasury" "Mr. Lincoln's Amnesty Proclamation"
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Item #605566NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 22, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Our Iron-Clad Fleet" "Rebel Reports from Charleston" "Rumored Disaster to the New Ironsides and Two Monitors" "The New Ironsides Entangled in a Net" "Important If True" and more. Also a report of the boxing... Read full description -
Item #604950NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 24, 1863 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "From Burnside's Army" "Our Forces Still on this Side of the Rappahannock" "The Troops Anxious for a Movement on the Enemy" "Impossibility of Moving the Artillery" and more.
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Item #604949NEW YORK HERALD, March 1, 1863 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "News From Port Royal, S.C." "The Difficulties Between Generals Foster & Hunter" "News From Vicksburg" "Progress of the Expedition Through Yazoo Pass" "Brisk Skirmish on the Banks of the River" & more.
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Item #604946NEW YORK HERALD, April 29, 1863 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Acts of Repudiation in the Rebel Congress" "Is Hooker Moving?" "Savage Rebel Attack on McClellan" "The New Rebel Tax Bill" and more.
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Item #604940NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1864 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "The Rebel Experiment in Mine Exploding" "Complete Failure of the Effort" "Rebel Forgeries" "The Attack on Mobile" and more inside as well.
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Item #604939NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1864 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "The Rebel Experiment in Mine Exploding" "Complete Failure of the Effort" "Rebel Forgeries" "The Attack on Mobile" and more inside as well.
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Item #604844THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION (11 issues) - A great opportunity for an instant collection encompassing every major "American" war from The French and Indian War through The Gulf War. You get eleven original/authentic publications (at least 9 being American newspapers), one each for:
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Item #604605NEW YORK HERALD, June 8, 1864 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT!" "The Fighting On Sunday" "Attack on Our Lines by the Rebels" "Our Success" "Midnight Assault on Burnside's Corps on Monday" "Another Repulse of the Enemy" and more.
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Item #604604NEW YORK HERALD, June 28, 1864 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "They Cross the James with All Their Trains" "Gradual but Sure Advance of General Grant's Circumvaliating Lines" "Fierce Assaults by the Rebels...Repulsed by Our Forces" "Additional Rebel Accounts"... Read full description
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