Sherman marching through Georgia...
Item # 709935
November 23, 1864
THE DAILY PROGRESS, Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 24, 1864
* From the fragile Confederate stronghold
* General William T. Sherman at Milledgeville
* March to the Sea - towards Savannah, Georgia
Raleigh was one of the last major cities of the South to fall into the hands of Sherman, surrendering on April 13, 1865, just one day before Lincoln was assassinated. This rare Confederate title is from the latter months of the Civil War.
The front page includes a nearly full column listing of the: "North Carolina Legislature--Session 1864". There is also coverage of the "Legislative Proceedings" of both the Senate & House of Commons. There is nearly half a column headed: "A Scout's Adventure" from the Civil War, concerning a soldier in General A.P. Hill's regiment captured by the Yankees as a spy, with interesting details as to how he escaped.
The back page has much reporting on the Civil War. The top has: "The War In Georgia" which begins: "Sherman's movements now constitute the absorbing topic of the war...it will be seen that he has captured Milledgeville, the Capital of Georgia, and burned the store houses, the Governor's House...he has also occupied Gordon...It is evident that whatever is done must be done quickly. The crisis admits of no delay. Now is the time to crush Sherman's army...From Hood's army we have nothing. We fear the truth is that Hood is powerless & unable to move even in Sherman's wake. If the Yankee army marches through Georgia..." with more.
There are other back page reports concerning the war, too much to note here.
Complete as a single sheet, folio size newspaper in very nice, clean condition.
Background: This museum-grade 1864 issue of The Daily Progress is a haunting time capsule of the Confederacy’s dying gasps, printed just months before the fall of Raleigh. The front page is a political goldmine, featuring a massive, rare listing of the 1864 North Carolina Legislature and the "Legislative Proceedings" of the House of Commons—the very men debating the state's survival as the Union closed in. On the back page, the atmosphere shifts to pure, high-stakes drama with an "absorbing" report on Sherman’s scorched-earth March to the Sea, detailing the fiery capture of Milledgeville and the gut-wrenching realization that General Hood was "powerless" to stop the onslaught. Between the grim geopolitical news and the cinematic, "eye-popping" escape story of a spy from A.P. Hill’s regiment, this folio-sized survivor is a masterpiece of Civil War journalism, remarkably clean and brimming with the desperate energy of a nation at its breaking point.
* From the fragile Confederate stronghold
* General William T. Sherman at Milledgeville
* March to the Sea - towards Savannah, Georgia
Raleigh was one of the last major cities of the South to fall into the hands of Sherman, surrendering on April 13, 1865, just one day before Lincoln was assassinated. This rare Confederate title is from the latter months of the Civil War.
The front page includes a nearly full column listing of the: "North Carolina Legislature--Session 1864". There is also coverage of the "Legislative Proceedings" of both the Senate & House of Commons. There is nearly half a column headed: "A Scout's Adventure" from the Civil War, concerning a soldier in General A.P. Hill's regiment captured by the Yankees as a spy, with interesting details as to how he escaped.
The back page has much reporting on the Civil War. The top has: "The War In Georgia" which begins: "Sherman's movements now constitute the absorbing topic of the war...it will be seen that he has captured Milledgeville, the Capital of Georgia, and burned the store houses, the Governor's House...he has also occupied Gordon...It is evident that whatever is done must be done quickly. The crisis admits of no delay. Now is the time to crush Sherman's army...From Hood's army we have nothing. We fear the truth is that Hood is powerless & unable to move even in Sherman's wake. If the Yankee army marches through Georgia..." with more.
There are other back page reports concerning the war, too much to note here.
Complete as a single sheet, folio size newspaper in very nice, clean condition.
Background: This museum-grade 1864 issue of The Daily Progress is a haunting time capsule of the Confederacy’s dying gasps, printed just months before the fall of Raleigh. The front page is a political goldmine, featuring a massive, rare listing of the 1864 North Carolina Legislature and the "Legislative Proceedings" of the House of Commons—the very men debating the state's survival as the Union closed in. On the back page, the atmosphere shifts to pure, high-stakes drama with an "absorbing" report on Sherman’s scorched-earth March to the Sea, detailing the fiery capture of Milledgeville and the gut-wrenching realization that General Hood was "powerless" to stop the onslaught. Between the grim geopolitical news and the cinematic, "eye-popping" escape story of a spy from A.P. Hill’s regiment, this folio-sized survivor is a masterpiece of Civil War journalism, remarkably clean and brimming with the desperate energy of a nation at its breaking point.
Category: Confederate
