BROWNLOW’S KNOXVILLE WHIG, AND REBEL VENTILATOR, Tennessee, Oct. 19, 1864  

* Very rare American Civil War publication
* William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow

W. G. Brownlow, or  Parson Brownlow, was a fascinating personality to say the least. He regarded anyone who disagreed with him about religion or politics as an enemy. The circuit-riding Methodist parson turned to the press to spread his harsh anti-Presbyterian, anti-Calvinist rhetoric, and to spread his fervently held views on the inferiority of blacks & his unalterable opposition to secession. In 1861 Brownlow’s criticism of the Confederacy led the government to shut down his newspapers for 2 years. In December, 1861, Brownlow was arrested on a charge of high treason against the Confederacy. He spent much of 1862 touring the North giving pro-Union lectures & when he returned to Knoxville in 1863 the federal government provided him with a press, some type, $1500, & a government printing contract (credit Wikipedia). 
His first issue under the title noted was dated Nov. 11, 1863 but after just 2 issues it would be suspended until January 9, 1864, and then it would only last until February, 1866.
Among the great wealth of fascinating articles are: "The Late Elections" "Three Cases of Negro Equality" "The Meanest Man out of Hell" "What Rights are Restored by the Proclamation?" "Unpublished Letters from General Jackson" has two signed: Andrew Jackson; "Shall White Men be Enslaved?" "A Chapter of the Secret History of the War" "News From Rebeldom" 'The War News" "Fortifications Around Knoxville" "Glorious News..." "Glorious Victory" "Cavalry Fight Near Strasburg..." "Items from the South" "Elect Little Mac & What Then?" and more.
The top of page two has a nice political notice supporting: "For President, ABRAHAM  LINCOLN of Illinois...". The back page has nearly half a column taken up with the: "Prospectus of Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator". Complete in 4 pages, a bit irregular at the blank spine, nice condition.
An opportunity for one of the more fascinating newspapers of the Civil War.

Background: The October 19, 1864 edition of Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig, and Rebel Ventilator stands as a stark testament to the fierce, internal fracture of the American Civil War within the South, highlighting the unique, pro-Union stronghold of East Tennessee and the federal government's strategic weaponization of the press. Published by William G. "Parson" Brownlow—a fiercely combative Methodist circuit-rider who paradoxically championed white supremacy while enduring imprisonment for his unyielding opposition to Southern secession—the newspaper was resurrected in late 1863 with direct federal funding, equipment, and printing contracts after being suppressed by the Confederacy for high treason. The true historical significance of this specific era of the publication lies in its role as a psychological and political battleground: it provided the Lincoln administration with a critical propaganda mouthpiece to sustain Unionist morale deep within contested territory, while epitomizing the complex wartime reality that Union loyalty in the Upper South was often driven by a constitutional devotion to the federal government and a deep-seated hatred of the planter aristocracy, rather than an embrace of abolitionism.

Note: The link below will take you to a brief article posted in The Daily Southern Guardian, Columbia, SC, for February 17, 1862, written shortly after Brownlow's arrest. It clearly communicates the Confederacy's concern in regards to his newspaper.

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