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NEW YORK TIMES, 1865  A lot of ten issues of this venerable title, ranging from September thru November, 1865 during the Reconstruction era.
Immediately after the Civil War the Southern states were in disarray and much political work had to be done to bring the states--and its citizens--back to full union with the Northern states. Issues in this lot contain Reconstruction content as well as other news of the day.
Each is complete in 8 pages, never-trimmed margins, a bit irregular at the blank

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept.  29, 1865

• Brooklyn Eckfords vs. New York Mutuals
• First documented fixed baseball game

The back page under "Out-Door Sports" "The National Game" has the summary and box score of a game between the Mutual and Eckford clubs, won by the Eckfords, 23-11. The summary mentions in part: "...Some of the fly tips taken by Mills surpassed, anything we ever saw in that line of business, while their pitching came nearer to the Creighton mark in accuracy of delivery than any we have

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 12, 1865  The front page has: "Trial of Capt. Wirz" "Monday's Proceedings" "A Long Discussion About Witnesses--Testimony of Maj. Gen. Wilson and Others" with the coverage taking nearly 2 columns.
Henry Wirz was a Confederate Army officer during the Civil War. He was the commandant of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia where nearly 13,000 Union Army prisoners of war died as a result of inhumane conditions. After the war, Wirz was tried and

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 9, 1865

• Captain Henry Wirz barbarity  trial
• Infamous Andersonville Prison - Georgia

Over two columns of the front page are taken up with reports on the trial of Capt. Wirz, the commander of the Andersonville prison camp in Georgia charged with the horrible conditions he allowed and the abusive treatment of the Yankee prisoners.
Heads include: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ" "Documentary Evidence Introduced" "Andersonville Correspondence of the Rebel War Office" "Cumulative Evidence

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 8, 1865  The front page has: "Trial Of Capt. Wirz" "Thursday's Proceedings" "Continued Evidence of the Horrible Treatment of Our Prisoners".
Henry Wirz was a Confederate Army officer during the Civil War. He was the commandant of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia where nearly 13,000 Union Army prisoners of war died as a result of inhumane conditions. After the war, Wirz was tried and executed for conspiracy and murder relating to his

NEW YORK WEEKLY DAY-BOOK CAUCASIAN, Sept. 30, 1865

• Rare pro-white title
• Reconstruction era

A decidedly racist newspaper which began well before the Civil War & lasted a few years after. As such their reporting on events of the day provide a contrasting perspective beyond most other Northern newspapers.
Among the articles: "The Hangman's Party" "The Treatment of Prisoners Once More" "The Hiring of Negroes" "Outrages on Soldiers" "Shall The Negroes Come North?" "What Shall be Done With the

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 14, 1865

• Andersonville Prison - Camp Sumter
• Captain Henry Wirz trial - Georgia

The front page features a print headed: "Werze, The Andersonville Demon", being the infamous Henry Wirz, the warden of the Andersonville prison camp who supervised the horrible treatment of Yankee prisoners. He would be found guilty & was executed, one of only two people convicted for war crimes during the American Civil War.
Quite rare to find a period portrait of him in a newspaper.

NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 28, 1865

• Andersonville Civil War prison in Georgia
• Captain Henry Wirz trial

Front page heads at the top of the first column regarding the trial of Captain Henry Wirz, the Confederate officer in charge of the famous prisoner of war camp in Andersonville, Georgia: "Trial Of Capt. Wirz" "Difficulties and Delays by His Counsel" "Sharp Rebukes From The Court" "One of the Counsel Carrying Letters for Mrs. Wirz" "Some More Testimony as to What Witnesses Did Not See" "Efforts to

NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 22, 1865  Front page column heads include: "THE WIRZ TRIAL" "Another Chapter of Brutality and Horrors" "Howell Cobb Desired to Hang All the Yankee Prisoners" "Suggested Punishment for the Georgia Ladies who Collected Supplies for the Sufferers" "Wirz & the Winders Proposed to Place Them All in a House of Prostitution" and more. Page 4 has an editorial on the Wirz trial.
Henry Wirz was a Confederate Army officer during the Civil War. He was the commandant of Andersonville

NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 2, 1865

• Andersonville prison trial
• Henry Wirz

The prime content is at the top of the bkpg. with reports on the trial of Henry Wirz, the "demon" jailer of the Andersonville Prison camp: "THE WIRZ TRIAL" "The Horrible Case of the Age Resumed" "More Testimony as to the Inhumanity of Wirz" "Awful Condition of the Prisoners" "Iron Collars For Prisoners who Endeavored to Escape".
Eight pages, very nice condition.

NEW YORK WEEKLY DAY-BOOK CAUCASIAN, Sept. 30, 1865  A decidedly racist newspaper which began well before the Civil War & lasted a few years after. As such their reporting on events of the day provide a contrasting perspective beyond most other Northern newspapers.
Among the articles: "The Hangman's Party" "The Treatment of Prisoners Once More" "The Hiring of Negroes" "Outrages on Soldiers" "Shall The Negroes Come North?" "What Shall be Done With the Indians?" and more.
Eight pages, very nice

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 22, 1865

• Andersonville prison trial
• Henry Wirz

Among the front page column heads are: "THE WERZE [Wirz] TRIAL" "Remarkable Speech of Howell Cobb" "he Wants to See Mr. Lincoln Hung" "He Expects the Same Fate for Himself" "The Sickening Atrocities of Werze" "The Fatal Horrors of the Dead Line" and more. Also: "Life at a Virginia Watering Place" "Real Spirit of Virginia Society" "Northern Ladies Insulted by the Chivalry" and more on the Reconstruction.
Eight pages,

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 1865

• Andersonville Civil War prison camp - Georgia
• Captain Henry Wirz trial - atrocities

Front page first column heads include: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ" "Gen. Howell Cobb Gloating Over the Murder of Union Prisoners" "He Points to the Poor Starving Boys & Brags that His Soldiers are Better Off" "More of the Profanity & Indecency of the Russian Winder" "How He Proposed to Cure Women of Sympathy for Yankees" "Words Fail to Express the Infernal Nature & Spirit of the

NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 9, 1865

• Andersonville prison trial
• Henry Wirz

The front page has: "Trial Of Capt. Wirz" "He Petitions the Court to be Allowed Spiritual Advisers" "The Court Refers to Letter to the War Department" "Andersonville Correspondence of the Rebel War Office" "Letters from Capt. Wirz and Gen. John H. Winder" "Cumulative Evidence of Rebel Barbarity".
Captain Henry Wirz was the notorious commander of the prison camp at Andersonville.
Eight pages, a bit irregular at the blank spine

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 3, 1865

• Andersonville Prison - Camp Sumter
• Captain Henry Wirz trial - Georgia

The ftpg. has reports concerning the trial of Henry Wirz, the warden of the infamous Andersonville, Georgia, prison camp from during the Civil War.
First column heads include: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ" "Details of the Proceedings on Saturday" "Testimony of a Prisoner of the Illinois Cavalry" "How Wirz Shot the Sick and Disabled" "He Boats of Killing More Yankees than Gen. Lee Can" "The Awful Horrors

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 10, 1865

• Andersonville Prison - Camp Sumter
• Captain Henry Wirz trial - Georgia

The first column heads include: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ" "Evidence of the Infernal Spirit of Gen. Winder" "Official Document by a Rebel Inspector-General" "He Says Winder Openly Proposed to Starve Men to Death" "That Was Cheaper than to Build a Larger Stockade" "The Prison Denounced as Horrible Beyond Description" with more. This content takes over 2 columns of the ftpg. 
Eight pages, a bit

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 2, 1865  Inside has a half page print of: "The Present Condition Of The New Iron Bridge, Harlem, New York".  A full page shows: "The Grand Annual Picnic and Excursion Of The New Jersey Farmers and Their Families To Raritan Bay, Amboy New Jersey On Saturday, August 19."  And a full page with 4 prints of: "The Frightful Collision on the Housatonic Railroad, Near Bridgeport, Conn."
Sixteen pages, 11 by 16 inches, nice condition.

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 9, 1865

• Andersonville prison trial
• Henry Wirz

The first column heads include: "ANDERSONVILLE" "The Wirz Trial Yesterday" "The Prisoner Applies for Spiritual Advisers" "More Shocking Barbarities" "Complicity of the Richmond Authorities" "Documentary Evidence".
Andersonville prison camp was commanded by Captain Henry Wirz, who was tried and executed after the war for war crimes. It was overcrowded to four times its capacity, with an inadequate water supply, inadequate food

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 12, 1865

• Andersonville prison trial
• Henry Wirz

The back page has nearly two columns of reporting headed: "ANDERSONVILLE" "The Wirz Trial Yesterday" "More Witnesses for the Defense Demanded" "Passage at Arms Between Counsel" "Evidence of Major-Gen. Wilson". (See)
Eight pages, uncut and never bound (uncommon), nice condition.

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 28, 1865  The top of the front page has: "ANDERSONVILLE" "The Wirz Trial Yesterday" "How The Prisoner Fares" "A Letter To His Wife" "Important Witnesses to be Summoned for the Defense".
Inside includes: "What May be done by Free Negro Labor--A Lesson From Jamaica" "FROM TENNESSEE" "Terrible Guerrilla Outrages" "Men Murdered & Families Outraged" "A Reign of Terror", plus Reconstruction reports.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 9, 1865  Among the prints within are: "A Peach Orchard at Cranberry, New Jersey" " with 3 other related prints. "Trout Fishing in the Mountain Streams of Pennsylvania" with an article. "Old St. John's Gate, Quebec, Canada".
The feature is a foldout centerfold of: "Trinity Bay & Heart's Content, Newfoundland...", plus two scenes from New Zealand.

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".
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, some light staining, two folds, generally good.

DAILY CLEVELAND HERALD, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1865  Among various front page news reports is: "The Trial Of Wirz" and "Grant's Letter on Hunter", the latter being a letter signed: U.S. Grant, dated July 15, 1864, in which he defends the actions of General Hunter.
Four pages, large folio size, minor loss to a lower corner. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 29, 1865  The front page has: "The Fenians" "Meeting of the Magistrates of Cork County - Priest Denouncing Fenianism" which includes: "...We understand that this society, which has been so extensively developed all over the country, became the subject of remark last Sunday from the pulpits of the several Catholic chapels in this neighborhood. The clergymen condemned it is in the strongest terms, and warned their flocks of the consequences of having any connection with

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 20, 1865

• Reconstruction era

Among the front page column heads are: "The Home of Secession" "Meeting of the Constitutional Convention" "The Ordinance of Secession Repealed" "Report in Favor of the Abolition of Slavery" which is a report from Columbia, S.C. also: "Trial of Capt. Wirz"
Eight pages, very nice condition.

THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sept. 27, 1865

• Andersonville prison trial - Henry Wirz

Not surprisingly this issue has much Reconstruction related reports, including: "Soldiers! Who are Your Friends?" "The Trial of Wirze" "How Stand We?" "The Beginning of the End of Radicalism" & more.
Four pages, nice condition.

THE UNION STANDARD, Lexington, Kentucky, Sept. 12, 1865

• Rare post Civil War title

A scarce title from this border state, shortly after the end of the Civil War. The paper was formally titled "The National Unionist", obviously being pro-North during the Civil War. Page 2 has several items which relate to the conclusion of the Civil War including a Proclamation signed in type by the President: Andrew Johnson (see photos). A great wealth of ads as well including a lengthy, illustrated circus ad

ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, Sept. 2, 1865 As noted in the masthead this is the: "Gazette of the Regular & Volunteer Forces", with a nice engraving of an eagle as well. Pages 1 & 2 have various content relating to the closing events of the war with thoughts of reconstruction. Articles inside include: "American Cavalry" "Our Prisoners in the South" "How Our Army is Supplied with Medicines" "Promotion by Brevet" "A Call for Prize Money" "Military Government of the South" "The Battle of

ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, Sept. 9, 1865

• Post Civil War military actions

Obviously a military-themed newspaper so all the content is as would be expected, including much on Reconstruction efforts following the Civil War. A front page article begins: "The Indian now begins to assert himself again & to claim a respectable space in the weekly records of military movements..." (see). Inside includes: "The Basis of Reconstruction"  "The Department of the Gulf" "Reforms In Army Dress" "The

THE CHILD'S WORLD, Philadelphia & New York, September, 1865

• Uncommon Childrens publication

Has Sunday School content for young folks, with a few illustrations.

Nice masthead has three scenes. Published by the American Sunday-School Union. Quarto-size, 4 pages

NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 1, 1865  Inside has a letter about the re-opening of Barnum's American Museum, signed in type: P. T. Barnum.
Page 7 has a very brief summary and box score of a baseball match played between two fire companies. The back page has a summary and box score of a baseball match played between the Atlantic and Eureka clubs. 
Other news of the day throughout. 8 pages in nice condition.

NEW YORK TIMES, with baseball content from the year the Civil War ended. Sept. 16, 1865 On the back page under Base Ball is: Base Ball Among Firemen--Hose Company No. 55 Vs. Engine Company No. 34. Very brief one sentence summary says: A spirited game of base ball between the above companies at Hoboken, Friday, Sept. 15... plus the box score. Other news of the day includes: "THE FALL TRADE" "Another Robbery i0n Wall-Street" "The Indian Council" and much more. 8 pages in nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 7, 1865  On the front page under The Field & Base Ball is a brief summary and box score of a match between the Gotham and Eckford clubs. There is also a very brief dispatch about the contest between the Maryland club of Baltimore and the National club of Washington, won by Washington. Nice to have on the front page.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 30, 1865  Certainly the most notable print in this issue is the nearly quarter-page captioned: "View of Darlington Court House and the Sycamore Tree Where Amy Spain, the Negro Slave, Was Hung by the Citizens of Darlington, South Carolina". There is an article: "Amy Spain" beneath the print.
The front page has a large print of: "The Ocean Yacht Race Between the 'Fleetwing' and the 'Henrietta' ". Also a full page of: "The Dock Race Between the Double-enders

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 23, 1865  The front page shows: "Champ Ferguson & His Guard", the Kentucky guerrilla arrested for murder, once a protege of John Morgan. Also on the front page are: "Hiram Oliver" and "John W. Hartup". Inside has prints of: "Dover Mills, on the James River & Kanawha Canal, Virginia" "Rockett's Landing, Richmond, Virginia" "The Winans Cigar Yacht, Building in England". A full-size : "Facsimilie of a Gold check Forged by E. A. Ketchum" along with one of the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 16, 1865  Most of the front page shows: "The Court Room in Which Capt. Wirz, the Andersonville Jailer, is being Tried at Washington". The very dramatic doublepage centerfold is captioned: "Andersonville Prison Scenes Illustrating Captain Wirz's Trial" which includes 13 scenes of torture & starvation.
Other prints within include a full page: "The Mass Meeting Held at Richmond, Virginia" and another full page: "Our Baby Show". Smaller prints of: "Major-General

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 9, 1865  The front page is mostly taken up with a print: "In The Woods" by W. F. Dobson. Inside contains a full page: "Lieutenant-General Grant's Reception at Galena, Illinois" and another full page: "Whitefield Preaching in Moorfields, A.D. 1742".
Other prints include: "House Presented to General Grant by the Citizens of Galena, Illinois" "Ornaments Presented to Mrs. General Grant by Messrs. Browne and Spaulding, Jewelers & Silversmiths, New York" "View of the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 2, 1865  The front page shows: "Collision on the Housatonic Railroad near Bridgeport, Connecticut" and: "Housatonic Railroad Slaughter--House to Which the Wounded Were Conveyed".
Inside has an interesting full page: "Wall Street & Broadway--Ways of Getting & Spending Money" showing many vignettes. Also within is a large portrait of "William Cullen Bryant", a displayable doublepage centerfold: 'Newly-Arrived Emigrants at Castle Garden, New York City" (small