NASHVILLE DAILY PRESS & TIMES, Tennessee, Oct. 5, 1865  

* Just after the Civil War
* Reconstruction era

Various reports from shortly after the end of the city, some relating to Reconstruction efforts to re-join the nation.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Background: Published on October 5, 1865, just months after the conclusion of the Civil War, this rare four-page, unbound, and untrimmed issue of the Nashville Daily Press & Times provides a vivid primary-source window into Tennessee’s early Reconstruction efforts to re-join the nation. As the first former Confederate state attempting to re-establish civil governance and restore federal representation under President Andrew Johnson and radical Unionist Governor William "Parson" Brownlow, Tennessee occupied a central stage in the post-war struggle to rebuild. The newspaper captures various reports detailing the local aftermath shortly after the end of the city's wartime occupation, featuring critical news on restoring civic order, navigating the rights and status of newly freed populations, managing local economic recovery, and implementing political loyalty oaths required for former Confederates seeking readmission to the Union.