Historic Newspapers: The Civil War
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Item #704753NEW YORK HERALD, April 13, 1863
* First Battle of Charleston Harbor - South Carolina
The front page features a nice Civil War map headed: "OPENING FIGHT OFF CHARLESTON - Scene of Action Between the Union Iron-Clads & the Rebel Batteries".
Among the first column heads: "The Fight At Charleston" "The Keokuk Destroyed by a... Read full description -
Item #704752NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 9, 1862
* Columbus, Kentucky Confederate fortifications map
The front page features a nice and detailed map headed: "The Key To The Mississippi River. The Fortifications at Columbus, Kentucky--Strength of the Position."
The balance of the front page is taken up with various Civil War reports with column... Read full description -
Item #704713THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1862
* Emancipation Proclamation
* President Abraham Lincoln
* Rare pro-Confederate publication
Given the focus of this controversial newspaper, being supportive of the Southern cause while publishing in the North, it is particularly noteworthy that this issue contains on page five... Read full description -
Item #704685THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, Columbia, South Carolina, Dec. 7, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
A rather rare title and great that it includes the word “Southern”.
The front page has reports from the Confederate Congress, as well as a document from the "Subsistence Department" and an:... Read full description -
Item #704642THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, Columbia, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 1862
* Rare Confederate publication
A rather rare title and great that it includes the word “Southern”.
The front page is mostly taken up with ads & military notices but two columns have war news: "From Norfolk" "From... Read full description -
Item #704637THE DAILY PROGRESS, Raleigh, North Carolina, Feb. 3, 1865
* Rare Confederate publication
* Final months of the Civil War
Raleigh was one of the last major cities of the South to fall into the hands of Sherman, surrendering on April 13, 1865, just one day before Lincoln was assassinated. This rare Confederate title is from... Read full description -
Item #704498THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 1, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
A rather rare title and great that it includes the word “Southern”.
The front page is mostly taken up with ads & military notices but the first 1 1/2 columns are taken up with letters of a military... Read full description -
Item #704455THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1861
* Rare pro Confederate publication
* Pre City War Southern tensions
* The volume 1 - number 1 issue
This is the very first issue--volume 1 number 1--of what was described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South".
This newspaper opposed the war and... Read full description -
Item #704449PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Oct. 21, 1862
* Battle of Perryville - Kentucky
* Centreville VA - Virginia
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "A Skirmish At Centreville Station, Virginia" "Interesting From the South" "Stuart's Raid into Pennsylvania the Comic Feature of the War" "The... Read full description -
Item #704320THE KANSAS STATE JOURNAL, Lawrence, Sept. 4, 1862
* Pacific Railway Acts
* Transcontinental Railroad
* President Abraham Lincoln
* American Civil War era
Most of the front page and a bit of page 2 are taken up with the very historic; "Pacific Railroad Bill", actually the first of two (the 2nd in 1864)... Read full description -
Item #704318THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 22, 1862
* Rare Confederate publication
A rather rare title and great that it has the word “Southern”.
The front page is mostly taken up with ads & military notices but it also has: "From Georgia - Reinforcements Arriving--Glorious... Read full description -
Item #704298DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Nov. 10, 1862
* " Storehouse of the Confederacy"
* Last major battle of the Civil War fame
Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border very near Montgomery.
Over half of page 2 is taken up with a lengthy:... Read full description -
Item #704170THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, June 1, 1864
* Samuel Medary arrested
* Best title to be had (rare)
A notable issue as the front page has good content reporting on the arrest of Samuel Medary, the publisher of this newspaper. The first article is: "Is It Revolution! -- More Arrests" followed by: "Liberty... Read full description -
Item #704159PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 3, 1862
* The African American Delegation to Abraham Lincoln
* Free Negroes - black colonization in Washington D.C. ?
The most noteworthy article is found on page 4 headed: "Free Colored Emigrants" which is a letter from free Washington, D.C. blacks to President Abraham... Read full description -
Item #704120NEW YORK HERALD, April 21, 1865
* Rare 1st-page mentions of Synagogue services
* Re: Abraham Lincoln's assassination & funeral
* Black mourning borders on all eight pages
Perhaps the most noteworthy coverage is the front-page details regarding various services being held at local... Read full description -
Item #703971NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 19, 1861
* Jefferson Davis inauguration
* Confederate President
* Abraham Lincoln inauguration train
The front page has: "The Incoming Administration" "Progress of the President Elect Toward Washington" "The Trip From Buffalo to Albany" with the reporting taking close to half of the page with... Read full description -
Item #703905NEW YORK TIMES, March 16, 1864
* Abraham Lincoln
* More troops order
Among the front page column headings on the Civil War are: "From Washington" "Another Call for Troops from the President" "Two Hundred Thousand More Men Wanted" "A Draft Ordered for the 15th of April" with the draft... Read full description -
Item #703903NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 30, 1861
* Virginia secession - joins Confederacy
Pages 4 and 5 have a wealth of reporting on the ongoing secession of the states and the work towards that end by several.
A few reports include: "Preparing For an Election" which begins: "The people of Virginia are to vote, some four weeks hence, on the... Read full description -
Item #703882BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Sept. 16, 1863
* Abraham Lincoln proclamation
* Habeas Corpus suspended
* American Civil War
The front page has much on: "The Evacuation of Morris Island". Inside includes: "From the Armies In Virginia" "Escape From a Pirate" "The Siege of Charleston"... Read full description -
Item #703863UTICA MORNING HERALD, New York, May 5, 1865
* Abraham Lincoln's burial
* Springfield, Illinois funeral
Pages 2 and 3 have some reports concerning the closing events of the Civil War, as well as on Lincoln's funeral. Articles include: "The War" "The Pursuit & Arrest of the Assassins" "The... Read full description -
Item #703862UTICA MORNING HERALD, New York, May 4, 1865
* The hunt for Jefferson Davis
* Abraham Lincoln assassination
Among the reports on pages 2 and 3 are: "The Plot of the Assassins" "Matters In Richmond" "Proclamation By the President--Rewards Offered for Rebels--A Hundred Thousand for Jeff"... Read full description -
Item #703858UTICA MORNING HERALD, New York, April 26, 1865
* Abraham Lincoln assassination - murder
* Funeral train on the way to Springfield
Pages 2 and 3 have reports on both the ending events of the Civil War but also on Lincoln's funeral train as it progresses to Springfield, Illinois.... Read full description -
Item #703857UTICA MORNING HERALD, New York, April 27, 1865
* President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train
* Journey from Washington D.C. to Springfield
* Best publication to be had for this stop (very rare)
Pages 2 and 3 have reports on Lincoln's funeral but also on the closing events of the Civil War. Lincoln's funeral... Read full description -
Item #703844BOSTON DAILY JOURNAL, April 17, 1865 Pages 2, 3 and 4 have content concerning both the Lincoln assassination & the closing events of the Civil War.
Column heads include: "Mr. Seward And His Son" "Further Particulars of the Attempted Assassination" "Reports In Regard To Booth" "Strangeness of His Conduct... Read full description -
Item #703676THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1863
* President Abraham Lincoln
* Emancipation Proclamation
* Spiteful editorial by Democrats
A terrific issue, as the front page contains a printing of Lincoln's famous Emancipation Proclamation by which he freed the slaves in the slave-holding states, signed by... Read full description -
Item #702906THE TRI-WEEKLY MERCURY, Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 23, 1862
* Rare from the Confederacy
* Battle of Antietam - Sharpsburg
Given the date, it is not surprising that the front page has an account of the Battle of Antietam, or as referred to by the Confederates: the Battle of Sharpsburg. And great to have this... Read full description -
Item #702879THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 21, 1863
* Large Tennessee Civil War map
* Battle of Suffolk - Virginia
The front page has an 11 1/2 by 14 inch map: "IMPORTANT CONTEMPLATED OPERATIONS IN TENNESSEE." "The Great Battle Field of the Rebels Under General Joe Johnston and the Union Forces Under General Rosecrans." Relates heads on... Read full description -
Item #702783THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 25, 1865
* Confederates falling apart
* Nearing the end of war
* Averasboro, North Carolina
Among the front page one column ads on the Civil War are: "Great Cavalry Campaign", "Land Co-Operation with the Fleet Before Mobile", "From The South", "Official Dispatch... Read full description -
Item #702745NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 8, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Army Operations In Virginia" 'The Army of the Potomac in Motion in a Snow Storm" "Our Forces in Possession of Warrenton" "Chester Gap Held by Stonewall Jackson's Command" "The Fight with... Read full description -
Item #702462NEW YORK TIMES, May 30, 1865 The front page features two notable Proclamations by President Johnson. The first grants amnesty to all persons who have directly or indirectly taken part in the rebellion, with the restoration of all rights of property except as to slaves, and except in cases where legal... Read full description -
Item #702444NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1865
* Abraham Lincoln assassination - murder
* Pursuit of the conspirators - assassins
Among the front page first column heads are: "THE ASSASSINS" "Mr. Lincoln's Murder Planned by Leading Traitors" "Most of these Traitors Are Harbored in Canada" "Jefferson... Read full description -
Item #702438NEW YORK TIMES, May 9, 1865
* Dick Taylor surrenders
* Jefferson Davis on the run
* "Johnny Comes Marching Home"
Among the front page column heads on the events immediately following the Civil War are: "HOMEWARD BOUND" "The Army of the Potomac in Richmond" "40,000 Heroes March... Read full description -
Item #702210THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the articles are: "North Carolina Has Come Back Into the Union" "Hanging Prisoners of War" "The Lowest Type of Humanity"... Read full description -
Item #702209THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1861
* Pro Confederate title
* Battle of Ball's Bluff
This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the various reports are: "Rebel Account of the Battle of Ball's Bluff..." "The... Read full description -
Item #702208THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the articles: "War News of the Week" "Fremont's Accounts & Fortifications Suspended" "How Secessionists are Made in Ohio"... Read full description -
Item #702207THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the articles within are: "The Condition of Kentucky" "A Western Woman's Views of the Crisis" "The Prisoners of War..."... Read full description -
Item #702206THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1861
* Uncommon pro Confederate publication
* Abraham Lincoln & John C. Fremont
This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the articles are: "The Slaves as a Military... Read full description -
Item #702205THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1861
* President Abraham Lincoln
* General John C. Fremont
This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.The prime content would be the page 6 report: "The President and General... Read full description -
Item #702203THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Articles include: "News of the Week" "The Rebellion in Missouri--Rebels in Possession of St. Joseph..." "President... Read full description -
Item #702202THE CRISIS Columbus, Sept. 12, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Articles include: "General Fremont & his Confiscation Proclamation" "What They Say in Canada" "What the Federal Prisoners are Doing at... Read full description -
Item #702200THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, July 4, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the articles within are: "Where Are We Drifting?" "Proclamation of General Beauregard" signed by him in type: G. T. Beauregard; "The... Read full description -
Item #702199THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, June 27, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently, much content has an anti-North bias.
Articles within include: "The Rebellion & the Abolition of Slavery", a lengthy: "Letter from Kentucky to Abraham Lincoln..." "From the Cherokee Nation"... Read full description -
Item #702178THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, March 25, 1863 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted that slavery should not be abolished, so much of its content has an anti-North bias.
Among the articles are: "Important Letter From the Army" "Military Despotism in Western Virginia--Free Speech & Free Discussion Not Allowed" "War News of the Week" "New... Read full description -
Item #701971CLEVELAND MORNING LEADER, Ohio, March 6, 1865
* Abraham Lincoln's inauguration
* Inaugural address on the ftpg.
* Closing weeks of the Civil War
The front page has a stack of column heads on both Lincoln's second inauguration as President, as well as the latest reports on the Civil... Read full description -
Item #701936THE DAILY CONFEDERATE, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 1, 1864
* Very rare rebel publication
It is always desirable to find a newspaper having the word "Confederate" in the title. Here is one.
There is a wealth of war reporting, some articles including: "An Appeal to the People of the Confederate States"... Read full description -
Item #701929CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, April 20, 1865
* Abraham Lincoln assassination (historic 1st report)
* From the origin of the American Civil War (rare)
Keep in mind that Charleston fell to Union forces on February 18 and after that date was in Union control. So this is the volume 1, number 47 issue in the "new... Read full description -
Item #701924THE 'TEXAS ALMANAC'--EXTRA, Austin, Feb. 10, 1863
* Extremely rare Southwest publication
* American Civil War era
This newspaper appears to have existed from October, 1862 thru June, 1863. This is the volume 1, number 53 issue.
This is one of the more unusual we have encountered. It is a single sheet issue... Read full description -
Item #701898CHRISTIAN OBSERVER, Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 2, 1865
* Confederate president Jefferson Davis proclamation
* Rare publication from the capital of the Confederacy
As the title would suggest, this is primarily a religious newspaper, however there is secular reporting as well, including war-related news.
Among the... Read full description -
Item #701895THE HERALD OF THE UNION, Wilmington, North Carolina, March 4, 1865
* Rare Union occupation publication
* Final weeks of the American Civil War
* Last Atlantic port of the Confederacy
This is a Union occupation newspaper, as Wilmington fell to the Yankee forces in February, 1865, being the last Atlantic port to... Read full description -
Item #701892THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Jan. 21, 1865
* From the origin of the Civil War
* Close to Confederates evacuating
A newspaper from this famous Confederate stronghold quite late in the Civil War, in fact, our records seem to indicate this is the latest-dated issue of the Mercury we have offered from the Civil... Read full description
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