Beginning of the Civil War...
NEW YORK HERALD, April 26, 1861
- Assembling troops
- Civil War beginning
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE WAR" "Important from Washington" "Decisive Reply of the President to the Baltimore Committee" "The United States Troops to Go Through Maryland" "Troops Rapidly Concentrating at the Capital" "The Sixth, Seventh, Twelfth and Seventy-first New York Regiments Arrived" "Three Battles Impending" and much more.
Eight pages, minimal blank spine margin to the front page, otherwise good condition.
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