Scene at Fredericksburg, Virginia....
The Confederate version of "Harper's Weekly"...
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January 24, 1863
SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NEWS, Richmond, Jan. 24, 1863 This is a very unusual issue as rather than the front page featuring a print of a leading Confederate leader as found on most issues, this front page is an actual scene from the Civil War, captioned: "Barksdale's Brave Mississippi Pickets Watching the Yankee Pontoniers at Fredericksburg. Also on the front page is a related article: "The Yankee Pontoniers and Barksdale's Mississippians" (see).
Page 2 has an article headed: "The Times" which reports the latest news from the Civil War and also has some interesting comments (from a Confederate perspective) on Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Among the items noted are: "...The enemy seem to be gathering their forces for a decided blow of some king in North Carolina...Sherman has certainly been repulsed with great loss at Vicksburg. the Yankee papers confess as much...Rosecranz has written a lying bulletin saying that he gained a great victory over Bragg. But the Yankees themselves do not believe it...There was no quorum of the Confederate Congress...All this is most disgraceful...With regard to Lincoln's proclamation he quotes a passage from his inaugural address in which he says he has no power to meddle with slavery in the states & no intention to do so, & thereby demonstrates that in issuing such proclamation he knowingly usurps a power which does not belong to him...regards it as a confession of inability to subdue the South..." and more (see).
Page 4 has a nice print of: "General John B. Clarke", as is more typically found on the front page, and also a biography of him as well (see). More than half of page 5 is taken up with a lengthy poem titled: "The Song Of The Rebel".
The back page has a nice letter written by a soldier datelined: "Camp Near Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. 6th, 1863, in which he corrects an error in a battle report published in a previous newspaper. Also on the back page is a somewhat large & sombre cartoon from the Civil War, rarely found in Confederate newspapers (see).
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.
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.
Page 2 has an article headed: "The Times" which reports the latest news from the Civil War and also has some interesting comments (from a Confederate perspective) on Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Among the items noted are: "...The enemy seem to be gathering their forces for a decided blow of some king in North Carolina...Sherman has certainly been repulsed with great loss at Vicksburg. the Yankee papers confess as much...Rosecranz has written a lying bulletin saying that he gained a great victory over Bragg. But the Yankees themselves do not believe it...There was no quorum of the Confederate Congress...All this is most disgraceful...With regard to Lincoln's proclamation he quotes a passage from his inaugural address in which he says he has no power to meddle with slavery in the states & no intention to do so, & thereby demonstrates that in issuing such proclamation he knowingly usurps a power which does not belong to him...regards it as a confession of inability to subdue the South..." and more (see).
Page 4 has a nice print of: "General John B. Clarke", as is more typically found on the front page, and also a biography of him as well (see). More than half of page 5 is taken up with a lengthy poem titled: "The Song Of The Rebel".
The back page has a nice letter written by a soldier datelined: "Camp Near Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. 6th, 1863, in which he corrects an error in a battle report published in a previous newspaper. Also on the back page is a somewhat large & sombre cartoon from the Civil War, rarely found in Confederate newspapers (see).
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.
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.
Category: Confederate
