THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, April 13, 1861  When it comes to collecting historic events it is desirable to find a newspaper printed as close to the place or event as possible. Here is a Charleston newspaper reporting the opening battle of the Civil War at Fort Sumter. They don't get much better.
The top of a front page column has heads: "Bombardment of FORT SUMTER!" "Splendid Pyrotechnic Exhibition" "Fort Moultrie Impregnable" "The Floating Battler & Stevens' Battery a Success" " 'Nobody Hurt' on Our Side" and more. This reporting takes 1 1/2 columns of text.
Other early & related war items include: "Secession of Virginia" "April Twelfth,1861" "Our Montgomery Correspondence" "The Uses of War to the South" and more.
Four pages, large folio size, a bit irregular at the spine from disbinding, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.