"Confederate" newspaper from the North...
Item # 702200
July 04, 1861
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, July 4, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.
Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper opposed the war and attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln administration. It was denied circulation in some cities. In 1863 the press was raided by a hateful mob.
Among the articles within are: "Where Are We Drifting?" "Proclamation of General Beauregard" signed by him in type: G. T. Beauregard; "The Three Great Plagues of the Union" "The United States & the Southern Confederacy..." "The Present--the Future--the Objects of the War--the Purposes of the Lincoln Administration" "Red River News" "Letter from Jefferson Davis to the Maryland Commissioners" is signed in type: Jefferson Davis.
Eight pages, light water staining throughout, good condition.Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper opposed the war and attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln administration. It was denied circulation in some cities. In 1863 the press was raided by a hateful mob.
Category: Yankee
