NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 24, 1861

• First Battle of Lexington - Hemp Bales
• Battle of Mariatown MO - Missouri

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE REBELLION" "Surrender of Col. Mulligan to the Rebels" "Gen. Fremont About to Take the Field" "Gallant Fight & Rout of Rebels at Mariatown" "Destruction of the Rebel Fortification at Ocracoke Inlet" "Opening of the Campaign in Kentucky" and more.
Eight pages, good condition.

Background: The engagement at Mariatown is notable primarily for its early-war historical footprint and its extreme bibliographic rarity, as it is virtually absent from modern military histories and is remembered almost exclusively through period wartime dispatches. Its primary significance lies in contemporary media coverage, where prominent northern publications like The New York Herald and The New York Times highlighted the clash on their front pages as a "gallant fight and rout of rebels," making original September 1861 newspapers detailing the event highly sought-after artifacts for Civil War collectors studying how early, localized skirmishes were reported to the home front.