The Civil War will soon begin: focusing on Fort Sumter...
Item # 711381
March 22, 1861
NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, March 22, 1861
* History about to be made
* Focus on Fort Sumter
Much of the front page is taken up with reports concerning the coming Civil War, with first column heads: "THE SOUTHERN FORTS" "Sumter Not Yet Evacuated" "Formidable Works Behind the Fort" and also: "The Pro-Slavery Rebellion".
Page 2 begins with: "The Pro-Slavery Rebellion" "From South Carolina" "The Evacuation of Sumter" and more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to a single sheet, minor rubbing & wear, generally in good condition.
Background: The headings from the March 22, 1861, issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune capture the United States at a knife-edge brink of catastrophe, precisely three weeks before the opening shots of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter on April 12. Edited by the staunchly abolitionist Horace Greeley, the paper’s blunt framing of the secession crisis as "The Pro-Slavery Rebellion" is highly significant because it cut through contemporary political rhetoric to explicitly identify the preservation of human bondage as the driving force behind Southern secession. At the moment this issue went to press, the nation was gripped by agonizing suspense over whether the newly inaugurated President Abraham Lincoln would peaceably evacuate Major Robert Anderson’s federal garrison in Charleston Harbor or risk war by attempting a resupply. The Tribune’s reporting on the "Formidable Works Behind the Fort" detailed the aggressive Confederate military mobilization under General P.G.T. Beauregard, highlighting the literal ring of artillery closing in on the federal stronghold. This specific snapshot of history illuminates how the media documented the final, fragile moments of American peace, showcasing a narrative of imminent conflict where delayed evacuation and escalating Southern militarism made the impending bloodiest war in American history entirely inevitable.
* History about to be made
* Focus on Fort Sumter
Much of the front page is taken up with reports concerning the coming Civil War, with first column heads: "THE SOUTHERN FORTS" "Sumter Not Yet Evacuated" "Formidable Works Behind the Fort" and also: "The Pro-Slavery Rebellion".
Page 2 begins with: "The Pro-Slavery Rebellion" "From South Carolina" "The Evacuation of Sumter" and more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to a single sheet, minor rubbing & wear, generally in good condition.
Background: The headings from the March 22, 1861, issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune capture the United States at a knife-edge brink of catastrophe, precisely three weeks before the opening shots of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter on April 12. Edited by the staunchly abolitionist Horace Greeley, the paper’s blunt framing of the secession crisis as "The Pro-Slavery Rebellion" is highly significant because it cut through contemporary political rhetoric to explicitly identify the preservation of human bondage as the driving force behind Southern secession. At the moment this issue went to press, the nation was gripped by agonizing suspense over whether the newly inaugurated President Abraham Lincoln would peaceably evacuate Major Robert Anderson’s federal garrison in Charleston Harbor or risk war by attempting a resupply. The Tribune’s reporting on the "Formidable Works Behind the Fort" detailed the aggressive Confederate military mobilization under General P.G.T. Beauregard, highlighting the literal ring of artillery closing in on the federal stronghold. This specific snapshot of history illuminates how the media documented the final, fragile moments of American peace, showcasing a narrative of imminent conflict where delayed evacuation and escalating Southern militarism made the impending bloodiest war in American history entirely inevitable.
Category: Yankee
