NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 29, 1862  

* Pre-Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia 

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War: "FROM GENERAL BURNSIDE'S ARMY" "The Enemy Still Actively Fortifying Their Position" "Reported Arrival of Bragg's Troops" "Arrival of Northern Ladies from Fredericksburg" "Bitter Hostility of the Women of the City" "REBEL ATTACK ON NEW BERN" "A Rally & The Rebels Repulsed" and more.
Eight pages, good condition.

Background: The November 29, 1862 edition of the New York Tribune is profoundly significant because it captures the tragic, frozen moment just before the Union war effort suffered one of its darkest and most defining turning points. By documenting the fatal delay that allowed Robert E. Lee's forces to "actively fortify" the high ground of Marye's Heights, the paper outlines the exact tactical blueprint for the upcoming Battle of Fredericksburg—a looming disaster that would result in over 12,000 Union casualties and plunge Northern public morale to its absolute lowest ebb of the war. Furthermore, the vivid reporting on the "bitter hostility" of local civilian women highlights a critical psychological shift occurring late in 1862; it signaled to the Northern public that the Confederacy could not simply be reconciled back into the Union, but would have to be entirely subjugated, paving the transition toward the harsh, "total war" strategies that defined the conflict's bloody final years.