NEW YORK HERALD, July 15, 1861  

* Battle of Bull Run nears
* Battle of Rich Mountain

Among the lengthy stack of front page column heads on the Civil War: "THE REBELLION" "Unwonted Activity in the War Dept." "The Effect of Gen. McClellan's Victory at Rich Mountain" "Surrender of Col. Pegram with 600 Rebels" "The Rebel Lss About 150" "The Beginning of the End" "Rebel Troops Anxious to Return to Their Allegiance to the Union" "News From Fortress Monroe" "The Battle at Rich Mountain" "General McClellan's Report of Lt. General Scott" sand much more.
Eight pages, minor margin tears, good condition.

Background: The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in what is now West Virginia, and was one of the early battles of the American Civil War. Union forces under Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans attacked and defeated a smaller Confederate force led by Lieutenant Colonel John Pegram, which was defending a strategic mountain pass. The Union victory helped secure western Virginia for the North, leading to the eventual creation of the state of West Virginia in 1863. Pegram was forced to surrender with many of his men, marking one of the first significant Union triumphs in the war.