Union forces occupy Fayetteville & Bowling Green...

NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 28, 1862  Among the ftpg. column heads include: "The North Carolina Expedition" "The Seaboard Railroad in the Possession of the Union Forces" "Is Columbus Evacuated?" "Mysterious Visit of a Rebel Flag of Truce" "The Pursuit of Price & His Retreating Army" "Union Troops in Possession of Fayetteville" "Th... See More  

From General Burnside's army...

NEW 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.

Eight pages, nice condition.

The latest Civil War reports...

NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 11, 1862  Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From Port Royal" "Full Details of the Late Battle at the Ferry" "Valuable Information Obtained from the Negroes" "3000 Additional Troops Sent to Tybee Island" and more.

Eight pages, very nice condition.

Virginia Civil War map...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 21, 1862  The front page features a large and very detailed Civil War map headed: "THE SEAT OF WAR IN EASTERN VIRGINIA". Among the ftpg. column heads are: "From General McClellan's Army" "Only Ten Miles To Richmond" "The Rebel Pickets Driven In" "The Enemy's Army Within Two Miles" "The Gunboat Expedition Up J... See More  

With a print of Benedict Arnold...

GLEASON'S LITERARY COMPANION, Boston, June 20, 1863  The masthead features a very large heraldic eagle with a 7 inch wingspan holding in its beak a banner with the title. Mostly filled with literary items including a ftpg. story: "The Omen-Ring, or The Traitor of the Revolution" which has a print showing Benedict Arnold. Another page has some tidbits relating to the Civil War.

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Civil War refugee slaves...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 6, 1863  Among the front page  column headlines on the Civil War are: "From the Army of the Potomac" "From Vicksburg & Vicinity" "Great Excitement at Columbus, Ohio" & more. Page 2 has: "The Freedmen--Abstract of a Preliminary Report of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission to the Sec. of War" which is concer... See More  

Rebels to evacuate Gordonsville...

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 18, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON" "Our Batteries Have Breached Fort Sumter" "Meade's Army" "Probable Evacuation of Culpepper & Gordonsville by the Enemy" "Reported Revolt of the N. Carolina Troops" & more.

Eight pages, nice condition.

Capture of Dalton... Defeat of the rebels under Robert E. Lee...

THE WORLD, New York, May 14, 1864 



* Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

* Battle of Rocky Face Ridge - Georgia



Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Dalton Ours" "Retreat of the Rebel Army Under Joe Johnston--The Place Occupied by Gen. Sherman on Thursday" "BEYOND THE PO" "Utter Defeat of the Rebels Under Lee" "The Enemy I... See More  

Military punishments...

ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL,  New  York, Nov. 19, 1864  As noted in the masthead this was the: "Gazette of The Regular & Volunteer Forces" and as such is replete with military news of all sorts. The front page has: "The Campaign In The Shenandoah" "The Campaign In Virginia" and "The Campaign in Georgia" which carries over to pg. 2. Other war r... See More  

Rebel General Joe Johnston is defeated...

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 18, 1865  Front page column heads include: "WASHINGTON" "False Rumors of Cabinet Changes" "The Troubles of Pardon Seekers" "The Defeat of Gen. Joe Johnston" "The Secesh Papers in Tribulation About It" "The Counterfeit Treasury Notes" "Disastrous Conflagration--Augusta, Maine, Nearly Destroyed".

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The Battle of Chickamauga...

ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL,  New  York, Jan. 2, 1864  As noted in the masthead this was the: "Gazette of The Regular & Volunteer Forces" and as such is replete with military news of all sorts. The entire front page is taken up with: "The Military Situation" giving reports from various fields of operation.

Other items in this issue include: "The Virginia Ca... See More  

New Orleans and Charleston, South Carolina...

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 30, 1863  Among the ftpg. one column Civil War heads are: "Interesting From New Orleans" "The Good Health of the City" "The Mississippi Marauders" "From Charleston Harbor" "Description of the Rebel Works" "Honors to Gen. Gilmore" "Destitution of the Florida's Crew" and more.

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John Buchanan Floyd's death...

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 31, 1863  Among the many ftpg. one column heads on the Civil War are: "IMPORTANT REBEL NEWS" "An Attack Upon the Rebel Rifle Pits on Wednesday" "The Shelling of Charleston" "Explosion of Shells in Streets & Warehouses" "Death of John B. Floyd" "Important From New Orleans" "Commerce of the Mississippi&quo... See More  

Murfreesboro, Tennessee...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 15, 1862  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Rebels Reported in Force in the Rear of Our Army" "Col. Ford Preparing a Defense" "From the Army of the Potomac" "Retreat of The Rebels at The Front" "Their Rear Guard Driven by Pleasanton" "Indications of an Evacuation of Culpepper" "J... See More  

The Civil War in Florida...

DAVENPORT DAILY GAZETTE, Iowa, Nov. 30, 1861  The top of the front page has Civil War column heads including: "THE WAR NEWS" "The Nashville runs the Blockade" "The Pensacola Navy Yard Destroyed" "St. Helena Inlet Taken" 'the Stars & Stripes Waving in Georgia" "Southern Accounts of the Pensacola Fight".

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Military operations against the Confederate capital...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1862  Among the front page column heads are war reports including; "Operations Against Richmond" "The National Forces Crossing the Chickahominy at Two Points" "Our Advance Within Five Miles of the Rebel Capital" "The Arrival of Beauregard" "The Rebel Army Swelled by Conscription of 2100,000 Men" and more. 

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WALTHAM SENTINEL, Massachusetts, Jan. 22, 1864  Nice engraving in the masthead. Although from during the Civil War I find no war-related content, but then the masthead notes: "Devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Literature, Advertising, Local Intelligence, etc."

Four pages, very nice condition.

Civil War map of Western Kentucky...

NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 19, 1861  Present are the outer leaves only but still a displayable issue as nearly half of of the front page is taken up with a large & very detailed Civil War map headed: "THE MILITARY POSITIONS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY." First column war headlines as well (see).

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Reconstruction... Gold discoveries out West...

NEW YORK HERALD, June 30, 1865  The front page has column heads: "SOUTH CAROLINA" "Redistricting the Department of the South" "Gov. Clark, of Mississippi, in Fort Pulaski" "Virginia" "Restored Commerce" "Dept. Regulations for the Renewal of Trade Throughout the Country" "Farewell Order of General Meade" & more inside.

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Civil War map of Western Virginia... Lincoln Proclamation...

NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 1, 1864  The front page  features a very nice & detailed Civil War map headed: "THE FIGHTING IN WESTERN VIRGINIA. Scene of the Recent Contest in Gen. Kelley's Dept." Also column heads on the war include: "Call for Half a Million of Men" "The President's Proclamation" which is signed in type: Abraham Lincoln (see); "Shar... See More  

Rebel Congress rebelling against Jeff Davis...

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 26, 1865  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: THE SOUTH" "Revolution In Richmond" "The Rebel Congress Rebelling Against Their President" "A Substitute For Davis" "Jeff. Davis Virtually Deposed" "RICHMOND" "Naval Engagement on the James River" "Four Rebel Iron-Clads Come Down to Dest... See More  

The rebel invasion of Kentucky...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 28, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Expedition to the Yazoo" "Three of Farragut's Boats at Greenwood" "The Siege of Vicksburg" "Late Southern News" "The Rebel Invasion of Kentucky" "Bugaboo Reports About Jackson Revived" "Te Rebel Force in Kentucky" and more.

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Officers for the Negro troops...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 24, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Remarkable Article by the Richmond Whig" "It Urges Mutiny & Revolt by Our Soldiers' "It Says they Will starve in the Impoverished South" "Tall Lying About the Recent Cavalry Fight" "The Affair at Port Hudson" "The Yazoo Pass  Expedition"... See More  

General Butler is removed from command...

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 11, 1865 



* Guerrilla leader John S. Mosby wounded

* General Benjamin Butler removed



Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE SOUTH" "Rebel Particulars of Stoneman's Raid" "Mosby Still Alive" "Army of the James" "General Butler's Removal" "General Lee & Not Jeff. Davis Responsib... See More  

Capture of 7,000 rebels...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 14, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The War in the South-West" "Fight on the Yazoo" "Brilliant Union Victory" "Capture of 7,000 Rebel Prisoners..." "Reported Intentions of the Rebels" "Invasion of Kentucky & Ohio" "Fight With guerrillas in North Carolina".

Eight pa... See More