THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, April 24, 1863  

* Rare Confederate publication
* Origin of the American Civil War

A quite famous newspaper from the Civil War, this title printing the famous broadside on South Carolina leaving the Union with the beginning of the Civil War.
The front page includes: "Movements In Mississippi" "The Campaign In Tennessee" "From The United States" "The Attack On Charleston" "Further & Highly Interesting Yankee Accounts" with much detail taking two columns.
Some war-related reports on the back page as well.
Complete as a single sheet issue, full banner masthead, very nice condition.