Much action near Charleston... Frederick Douglass to speak... Tom Thumb to be married...
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 6, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Removal of Gen. Butler" "The Affair Off Charleston Harbor" "The Affair at Fort Donelson" "The Rebels Driven in Great Disorder" "The Blockade of Charleston" "They were To Attack the City" "The Defeat of Pryor on the Blackwater" "Rebellion on the Borders of Georgia & North Carolina" "Slaves in the Richmond fortifications" and much more, plus more inside as well.
Page 5 has a "Special Notice" noting: "Frederick Douglass - Will talk on the President's Emancipation Proclamation & the arming of black men on Friday Evening, Feb . 6, 1863..." with a bit more.
Page 7 has an ad from Barnum concerning the pending marriage of Tom Thumb and Miss Lavinia Warren. The back page has: "The First Official Report of the Battle of the Seven Pines" which takes over two columns.
Eight pages, nice condition.