Fall of New Orleans to the Yankees, in a Confederate newspaper...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 30, 1862 



* Fall of New Orleans, Louisiana

* Admiral David Farragut

* From the capital of the Confederacy



A very historic report as page 3 contains an early account of the fall of New Orleans to the Yankees, which obviously was a solemn admonition for a Confederate newspaper. The report is taken from Yankee sources with the top of a page 3 colu... See More  

Confederate newspaper... Court cases involving slaves...

RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, July 14, 1864 Various Civil War news with a Confederate bias, making for interesting reading as such. Among the front page items are: "The War News" with subheads: "Still Later--Our Army Reported Within Seven Miles of Baltimore!" "From Petersburg" "The Enemy Mining at Petersburg" "Burnside--Where Is He?" "A Cavalry... See More  

Hanging of a minister...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 19, 1864 



* Rare rebel publication



The front page includes: "From the Gulf" "The War News" "The New Six Per Cent Bonds" "Important Arrest of an Alleged Spy" "An Iron-Clad runs the Blockade" and more, including a brief report that: "The capture of Fort Pillow seems to be confirmed..." and... See More  

Battle of Murfreesboro in a Confederate newspaper...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Jan. 12, 1863 



* Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee

* From the capital of the Confederacy



There is much war reporting here, from the Confederate perspective, including front page items with small heads: "Treatment of Negroes in the Government Service" "Yankee Army Coming" "Raising A Company" "Catching Deserters" ... See More  

Yankees admit atrocities... and refuse to fight...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 7, 1864 



* Rare rebel publication



A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page includes: "Additional From The North" "The Revolution in the North--Great Indignation at the Military Arrests of the Administration..." "Disaffection In The Yankee Army--the Soldiers Refusing to Fight--Their Confessions o... See More  

Death of General Hood? Battle of Chickamauga...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Sept. 24, 1863 



* From the capital of the Confederacy

* Battle of Chickamauga - Georgia



A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page includes: "From the Army of Northern Virginia" "From City Point--The Flag of Truce" and more. Perhaps the most interesting item is: "The Late Major General Hood" whic... See More  

Battle of Corinth and so much more...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 21, 1862 



* Siege of Corinth, Mississippi

* General P. G. T. Beauregard



A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy.

The front page is filled with ads, and pg. 2 begins with an editorial which starts: "It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of the crisis on the Peninsula. On that theatre the fate of the first American Re... See More  

From the Confederacy...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Nov. 18, 1861 



* From the capital of the Confederacy



Half of the ftpg. is taken up with advertisements while the other half includes: "The Rebels & Their Capital" "Richmond and Its Environs" "Notes of a Recent Tour in the South" which is a report from the New York Herald.

Page 2 includes an editorial which discusses, ... See More  

The attack upon Charleston...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 11, 1863 



* First Battle of Charleston Harbor

* Rare Confederate publication



The front page includes: "A Word of Justice" "Further From Charleston!" "The Turret of the Iron-Clads Pierced!" "Splendid Spirits of Our Men!" "The Law of Impressment" and more, including a dispatch signed in type: G.T. ... See More  

Closing in on Vicksburg... Battle of Port Gibson...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, May 23, 1863  



* Capital of the Confederacy



Among the front page reports: "From Jackson" "From Mississippi--A Fight on Saturday--Burning of Big Black Bridge--Vicksburg Closely Besieged!" "Latest From the North" which includes 2 dispatches each signed in type: U.S. Grant, Major General; plus the text of: "An Act T... See More  

Editor expresses his anger against the Yankees...

RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Aug. 24, 1864 



* Rare rebel publication



The front page has: "The War News" beginning: "There is nothing new from Petersburg...The enemy are still upon the Weldon railroad...The battle of last Sunday was not half the battle we at one time thought it...". Also: "The Situation at Mobile" with subheads: "A Naval Skirmish" ... See More  

Reports from the Civil War with a Confederate perspective...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 24, 1863 



* Capital of the Confederacy



The front page includes: "The Northern Press & the Mediation Question" "The Radicals on the War" which has several subheads including: "Re-Union--The South Independent--the Army Conservative--The Proclamation A Failure" and more. Also on the front page: "Horrib... See More  

The railway system and the cotton trade...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Sept. 17, 1862 



* From the capital of the Confederacy



Not only is this a newspaper from the Confederacy, it is from the capital of the Confederate states. The front page includes: "From The Army Of Northern Virginia" "From Western Virginia" "Latest From the North" "Telegraphic News--From Kentucky--From Tennessee--From... See More  

Confederate title from Richmond...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, February 10, 1863 



* Capital of the Confederacy



The ftpg. includes: "From Fredericksburg" which begins: "The path to Heaven is not more straight & narrow than that of a correspondent from the seat of war...The indications of activity in the Yankee army still continue..." and much more. Also on the ftpg: "City Intelligence&q... See More  

From the capital of the Confederacy in 1862....

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Aug. 12, 1862 



* From the capital of the Confederacy



Not just a newspaper from the Confederate, but from the capital of the Confederate states. The front page has: "Important From the North--Call For 600,000 More Men--A Draft to Be Immediately made" "From Culpeper" "From The South Side" "Changing His Base" with ... See More  

Frederick Douglass talks... Battle of Chancellorsville: a Southern victory...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, May 7, 1863   



* Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia

* A "rebel" victory

* Rare Confederate title



Not only is this a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but it is from the Confederate capital.



A nice front page account of the Battle of Chancellorsville, a major Southern victory. the top of the first column has: "From Frederi... See More  

Confederate Victory at Chancellorsville & much more...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, May 4, 1863



* Newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy

* Confederate Victory at Chancellorsville

* Much on Civil War events in Virginia



Not only is this a nice Confederate newspaper, but it is from the capital of the Confederacy.



Much war reporting in this issue, as the top of the front page has an historic & significant report headed: "F... See More  

Fall of Fort Donelson... Proclamation by Jefferson Davis...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 27, 1862 



* Fall of Fort Donelson, Tennessee

* Jefferson Davis proclamation

* From the capital of the Confederacy



A very nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederate States of America.

The front page is entirely taken up with advertisements and notices. The inside pages are rich in war-related reports including: "The Fall of Fort Don... See More  

From the Confederacy...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Dec. 28, 1863



* From the capital of the Confederacy



The front page includes: "City Intelligence" "Major Edgar Burroughs" "From the Rapid Ann" "The Army of Tennessee" "A Dash Upon Cleveland, Tennessee" "a letter from Salem, Virginia; which concerns Roanoke College; "Alleged Yankee Spy" and othe... See More  

From the capital of the Confederacy... The Battle of Mitchell's Station...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Aug. 13, 1862 



* Rare Confederate publication

* Battle of Cedar Mountain

* General Stonewall Jackson



The front page includes: "The Battle of Mitchell's Station" which includes a dispatch signed in type by: T. J. Jackson. Also: "The Wounded"  with over half of the front page taken up with a long list of Acts from the Confe... See More  

Funeral of a former President John Tyler...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Jan. 22, 1862 



* From the capital of the Confederacy

* President John Tyler death funeral



The front page is mostly taken up with advertisements, however there is a column with: "A Defence Of Middle North Carolina" & "Messrs. Mason & Slidell" and "The Newspapers Of the South & the Associated Press".

Page two i... See More  

From the capital of the Confederacy... 1864 Civil War...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, March 14, 1864  



* From the capital of the Confederacy



The front page includes: "From Longstreet's Command" "The Affair At Suffolk" "The Courts" " "From Northern Virginia - From Charleston" and a great wealth of ads.

In addition to the lengthy editorial which begins: "It was van for Mr. Lincol... See More  

Much on the Civil War from the Confederacy...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, February 12, 1863 



* From the capital of the Confederacy



Not only a nice Confederate newspaper, but one from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page includes: "City Intelligence" "Latest News From The North--Yankee Account of the Charleston Naval Victory" "Another Brutal Order of the Enemy--The Sick & Wounded Forced ... See More  

From Fredericksburg... The enemy in Virginia...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 1, 1864  The front page has some nice war-related content, including items headed: "The Farmers & the New Conscription" "City Intelligence" "The Spring Campaign of the Enemy in Virginia--Important Developments" which takes over 2 columns; plus 3 letters concerning battles (see for portions).

The back page has the alway... See More  

The Rebels on the Rebel situation...

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 19, 1862  Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Interesting From the South" "The Richmond Examiner on the Rebel Situation" "The Port of New Orleans Hermetically Sealed" "Rebel Account of the Escape of the Pensacola" "No Furloughs to be Granted to the Army of the Potomac" and much more.

Eight pages, very nic... See More