CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER, South Carolina, May 7, 1863 

* Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
* A "rebel" victory under R.E. Lee
* Rare Confederate publication

This is one of just a few newspapers which printed "Confederate States of America" in the dateline.
Among the front page articles: "Letter from the Rappahannock - General Lee's Second Dispatch--Another Battle at Fredericksburg - The Enemy Repulsed & Driven Across the River" which is a letter to President Jefferson Davis signed in type: R. E. Lee.
Also: "Official From Vicksburg - The Yankee Cavalry Raid in Virginia..." "Our Victory Decisive--Casualties Among the South Carolina Troops" "The Battle at Chancellorsville & Fredericksburg - First Details" "...Forrest's Brilliant Success Confirmed" "Latest from the Mississippi - The Enemy Repulsed at Anderson Ferry - Fighting Severe" "The Battle on the Rappahannock" "Yankee Courtesies" and more.
Nice on the Battle of Chancellorsville. It was during this battle that Stonewall Jackson was shot by friendly fire. He would die on May 10.
A single sheet issue, light damp staining near the margins, good condition.

Background: The May 7, 1863 issue of the Charleston Daily Courier serves as an extraordinary historical record, capturing the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Chancellorsville—a tactical masterpiece where General Robert E. Lee repulsed General Joseph Hooker’s Union forces across the Rappahannock River, a victory communicated directly to President Jefferson Davis in Lee's official dispatch. Beyond reporting the severe fighting, local South Carolina troop casualties, and Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s raid defense, the publication holds immense significance for its rare dateline explicitly reading "Confederate States of America," printed during a pivotal turning point of the Civil War. Crucially, as the Southern public read these initial details celebrating a decisive triumph, they were unaware that Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson—who had been accidentally shot by friendly fire on May 2 following his famous flank attack—was rapidly deteriorating from pneumonia and would succumb to his wounds just three days later on May 10, turning this moment of supreme military glory into one of the Confederacy's most devastating losses.

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