NEW YORK TIMES Jan. 23, 1862

• Battle of Mill Springs - Kentucky
• General George H. Thomas victory

Amont the front page column heads on the Civil War: "THE GREAT VICTORY" "Important General Order from the War Department" "Further Reliable Particulars of the Battle" "Fourteen Cannon and Fourteen Hundred Mules Captured" "A Large Number of Rebels Made Prisoners" and much more.
Eight pages, nice condition.

Background: Fought on January 19, 1862, near Nancy, Kentucky, the Battle of Mill Springs—also known as Logan's Cross Roads or Fishing Creek—marked the American Civil War’s first major Union victory and shattered the eastern anchor of the Confederate defense line in Kentucky. Confederate commanders Major General George B. Crittenden and Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer launched a risky night attack through freezing rain and thick mud to strike Brigadier General George H. Thomas's force before it could consolidate, but severe weather and dense fog quickly turned the engagement into chaos, rendering many Confederates' outdated flintlock muskets useless in the wet. The tide turned decisively when General Zollicoffer, wearing a bright white raincoat in the murky gloom, mistakenly rode directly up to the 4th Kentucky Infantry believing they were his own men and was killed on the spot by Union Colonel Speed S. Fry. Capitalizing on the resulting panic, Thomas organized a fierce flank counterattack with the 9th Ohio and 2nd Minnesota regiments that shattered the Confederate line, forcing a panicked retreat across the Cumberland River that left behind artillery, horses, and vital supplies. Beyond handing the Union a crucial morale boost following early war defeats, the victory cost the Confederacy over 500 casualties, elevated Thomas to national prominence, and forced Confederate forces to abandon central Kentucky, opening a direct corridor for Northern advances into eastern Tennessee.