General John Williams and John Mosby... The Confederate version of "Harper's Weekly"...
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April 11, 1863
SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NEWS, Richmond, April 11, 1863 A very rare publication from the Confederacy which seldom comes to the collector market. Although much of the content was literary in nature, there are news reports and a few illustrations.
The front page is entirely taken up by a print of: "Brig. Gen. John S.Williams". A biography of him is found on page 3 and takes over a full column. Page 2 contains a report headed: "The Times" which reports on the latest events of the Civil War. Among the items are: "...signs indicate that the enemy will be sooner in the field than he was last Spring. He is already marching into North Alabama, devastating as he goes...The reported evacuation of Murfreesboro is not confirmed. It was a feint on the part of Rosecrans to draw Bragg into a trap...Pensacola has been evacuated by the enemy...Forrest has performed another gallant exploit...Forrest succeeded in bringing off the whole of his captures with safety. The Yankee account is very rich. They admit a loss of 15 killed, wounded & missing. Not content with this stunner, they declare in another dispatch that the rebel loss was much greater than above, and the Federal loss less!...Capt. Mosby made, last week, another daring foray into the enemy's lines, bringing off quite a number of prisoners and horses..." with more (see).
Page 2 also has an interesting article: "Washington A Yankee!" which has near the beginning: "The Yankee ambassador at the Court of Saint James has fairly eclipsed all his Yankee competitors in impudence...Seward resign his claim to be regarded at the most impudent of living men. He has not only discovered, but boldly asserted, that had Washington been living he would have been a Yankee..." with much more.
Page 4 is taken up with a literary item: "Outlines From the Outpost" which is themed on the military leaders of the Civil War. There is also a poem titled: "By the Camp Fire".
Begun on September 13, 1862 the "Southern Illustrated News" sought to fill the void left when the Southern States lost access to Harper’s Weekly and other illustrated newspapers from the North. In its “Salutatory,” in the first issue the editors state: "...We propose to issue an Illustrated Family Newspaper…devoted to literature, to public instruction and amusement, to general news, and to the cause of our country in this trying hour when she is engaged in a terrible, but resolute and hopeful struggle for her liberty and independence..." Although it could be argued it never lived up to all of these goals as reports from the war were very limited, it was an important publication nonetheless. At its peak boasting as many subscribers as the largest daily paper in Richmond. As with all Southern publications it suffered from lack of supplies, reporters, artists and engravers as many had been drafted either into the military or into the service of the Confederate administration to engrave paper money and stamps. The engravings were crude when compared to Yankee publications.
Eight pages, in very nice, clean condition.
The front page is entirely taken up by a print of: "Brig. Gen. John S.Williams". A biography of him is found on page 3 and takes over a full column. Page 2 contains a report headed: "The Times" which reports on the latest events of the Civil War. Among the items are: "...signs indicate that the enemy will be sooner in the field than he was last Spring. He is already marching into North Alabama, devastating as he goes...The reported evacuation of Murfreesboro is not confirmed. It was a feint on the part of Rosecrans to draw Bragg into a trap...Pensacola has been evacuated by the enemy...Forrest has performed another gallant exploit...Forrest succeeded in bringing off the whole of his captures with safety. The Yankee account is very rich. They admit a loss of 15 killed, wounded & missing. Not content with this stunner, they declare in another dispatch that the rebel loss was much greater than above, and the Federal loss less!...Capt. Mosby made, last week, another daring foray into the enemy's lines, bringing off quite a number of prisoners and horses..." with more (see).
Page 2 also has an interesting article: "Washington A Yankee!" which has near the beginning: "The Yankee ambassador at the Court of Saint James has fairly eclipsed all his Yankee competitors in impudence...Seward resign his claim to be regarded at the most impudent of living men. He has not only discovered, but boldly asserted, that had Washington been living he would have been a Yankee..." with much more.
Page 4 is taken up with a literary item: "Outlines From the Outpost" which is themed on the military leaders of the Civil War. There is also a poem titled: "By the Camp Fire".
Begun on September 13, 1862 the "Southern Illustrated News" sought to fill the void left when the Southern States lost access to Harper’s Weekly and other illustrated newspapers from the North. In its “Salutatory,” in the first issue the editors state: "...We propose to issue an Illustrated Family Newspaper…devoted to literature, to public instruction and amusement, to general news, and to the cause of our country in this trying hour when she is engaged in a terrible, but resolute and hopeful struggle for her liberty and independence..." Although it could be argued it never lived up to all of these goals as reports from the war were very limited, it was an important publication nonetheless. At its peak boasting as many subscribers as the largest daily paper in Richmond. As with all Southern publications it suffered from lack of supplies, reporters, artists and engravers as many had been drafted either into the military or into the service of the Confederate administration to engrave paper money and stamps. The engravings were crude when compared to Yankee publications.
Eight pages, in very nice, clean condition.
Category: Confederate
