Historic Newspapers: Battle of Richmond

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 2, 1862  The entire front page is a print showing African-Americans: "Cutting the Canal Opposite Vicksburg".  Inside prints include: "View of The City of Vicksburg,

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, May 24, 1862

• Battle of Princeton Court House
• Siege of Corinth, Mississippi

A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page has: "Heavy Skirmish

THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1862

• Battle of Richmond, Kentucky
• Horace Greeley & Abraham Lincoln

This anti-war newspaper insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, June 3, 1862

• Confederate States
• Battle of Seven Pines, Richmond, Virginia

This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, July 1, 1862

• Richmond, Virginia...  Seven Days battles
• 2 front page maps

This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's

DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, May 30, 1864

• Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
• Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee
• Rare Confederate capital publication

Among the front page reports on the Civil

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, July 11, 1863

• Battle of Gettysburg
• Rebel account

The front page includes: "Charleston" "Yankee Agents In England" "The Courts" "City Intelligence" "Prisoners" "Sale

NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 23, 1862

• Battle of Fredericksburg - Confederate victory
• General Ambrose Burnside vs. Robert E. Lee

Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC"

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, July 17, 1863

• Battle of Gettysburg
• Eyewitness account

Not only is this a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but it is from the Confederate capital.
The front page

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 4, 1862

• Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky
• In a Confederate title

Not only a newspaper from the Confederate States, but from the capital of the Confederacy.

NEW YORK HERALD, July 1, 1862

• Seven Days Battles - near Richmond, Virginia
• Gen. George B. McClellan vs. Robert E. Lee

More than half of he front page is taken up with a very large map headed:

NEW YORK TIMES, June 28, 1862

• Battle of Oak Grove
• 1st Seven Days Battles
• American Civil War map

The front page features a rather large & detailed map headed: "The Scene Of The Battle Before Richmond

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, June 3, 1862

• Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks
• Strasburg, Shenandoah Co., Virginia

The front page is dominated by a detailed Civil War map headed: "THE GREAT VICTORY IN

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 9, 1863

• Rebel General P.G.T. Beauregard defense
• Naval attack on Charleston, South Carolina

The front page includes: "The Situation In The West" "The Parole of

DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 5, 1861

• Battle of Ball's Bluff
• Capital of Confederacy

Among front page items are: "Northern War News--The Great Naval Expedition--General Butler on the

NEW YORK TIMES, June 3, 1862

• Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)
• General George B McClellan
• Peninsula Campaign w/ Map

The front page has a nice Civil War map headed: "SCENE OF THE GREAT BATTLE BEFORE

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Richmond, Virginia, July 6, 1863

• Historic Battle of Gettysburg
• From the Confederate perspective

Not only is this a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but it is from the

NEW YORK TIMES, July 1, 1862

• Seven Days Battles w/ large map
• George McClellan vs. Robert E. Lee

Much of the front page is taken up with a large and very detailed Civil War map headed: "Locality of

HARPER'S WEEKLY May 27, 1871 Front 1/2 pg. illus. pertaining to "Farm Ballads." Inside: A full pg. illus. of "The National Assembly at Versailles." Dblpgctrfld. of "The Civil War in France-Bringing

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 17, 1864

• Second Battle of Deep Bottom - Virginia
• Richmond-Petersburg VA campaign map

Over half of the front page is taken up with a very detailed Civil War map headed: "THE

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 1, 1864

• Battle of Cold Harbor - Hanover Co., Virginia
• Ulysses S. Grant's Richmond campaign
• General Robert E. Lee's eventual victory

Over half of the first column is taken up

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 7, 1862  Half of the front page is taken up with ads with the other half having various news items, including: "Interesting From the North--Notes On The War"

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 29, 1862

• Seven Days Battles
• Richmond VA Virginia
• Civil War original reporting

Among the ftpg. one column heads on the Civil War are: "Operations Of McClellan's Army" "Rebel

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 2, 1862

• Battle of Seven Pines - Fair Oaks w/ map

The feature of this issue is the nice front page map headed: "THE BATTLE BEFORE RICHMOND" which shows the vicinity.
Also many

NEW YORK TIMES, July 4, 1862

• Seven Days Battles w/ nice map
• George B. McClellan vs. Robert E. Lee

The front page is dominated by a rather large Civil War map headed: "THE RECENT GREAT BATTLES" "May

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Sept. 24, 1862

• Battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland
• Rare Confederate title from the rebel capital

A terrific and rare issue, as the front page has a nice

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 16, 1864

• Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
• Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee
• Civil War Overland Campaign w/ map

Over half of the front page is taken up with a large & detailed

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Oct. 31, 1862

• From the capital of the Confederacy
• Major General Joseph Hooker letter
• Official account pf the Battle of Glendale

Not just a newspaper from the

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 2, 1865  Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "The Siege of Fortress Rosecrans" "The Fight at Overall's Creek" "The Battle of the Cedars" "RICHMOND" "Probable

DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, July 26, 1862

• From the capital of the Confederacy

A wealth of reporting from the Confederate capital, some articles headed: "The Movement of Morgan in Kentucky"

THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1862  The front page has: "From Utah" which begins: "The people of Utah Territory have had a convention form a Constitution which will soon be presented to

DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Aug. 8, 1862

• Very rare Confederate publication

Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 30, 1862

• Seven Days Battles
• Lee vs. McClellan
• Richmond VA Virginia

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From Richmond" "Great & Glorious News" "The

NEW YORK HERALD, May 9, 1864  Most of the first column of the front page is taken up with Civil War heads including: "VICTORY!" "Splendid Success of General Grant" "The Rebels Retiring Before Our

THE WORLD, New York, June 30, 1862

• Seven Days Battles - Peninsula Campaign
• George B. McClellan vs. Robert E. Lee

First column heads include: "Gen. McClellan's Army" "Another Great Battle" "Grand

DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, May 10, 1862

• Battle of Shiloh - Pittsburg Landing
• General P. G. T. Beauregard's official rpt.
• From the capital of the Confederacy

The front page has much on:

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 9, 1862

• Battle of Shiloh - Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
• Confederate President Jefferson Davis report

Page 3 also has: "Telegraphic News--Further Particulars

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, July 8, 1863

• Battle of Gettysburg Coverage and more
• Rare Confederate title from rebel capital

Not only is this a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but it is from

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Feb. 9, 1864 (however, see note below). Among the front-page head column heads on the Civil War are: "ON TO RICHMOND" "Federal Troops Again at Fair Oaks" "BATTLE ON THE

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, July 5, 1862

• President Abraham Lincoln
• Call for more Union troops

A feature of this issue is a large, page 3 Civil War map: "The Base Of Operations On James River" & a small

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 18, 1864  The front page is taken up with 3 prints: "Porter's Gunboats Passing the Dam in the Red River, Near Alexandria" and 2 scenes of: "Rebel Cruelty--Our Starved

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, May 24, 1862

• Battle of Drewry's Bluff
• Fort Darling attack
• Huge map for display

As seen in the photos, this issue is dominated by the great & huge Civil War front page map

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 5, 1862  The front pagte is taken up with 2 prints: "The Levee at Memphis Tennessee--Haulding Sugar & Cotton..." and: "General View of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee".

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 26, 1862  The front page shows 3 views of the "New Rebel Iron-Clad 'Richmond' or 'Virginia #2'', one being a sectional view. Also on the front page are prints of:

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 7, 1861  The full front page has 2 prints of a: "View of Fort Warren Boston Harbor". Other prints inside include: "The Battle of Belmont--Charge of Colonel

NEW YORK HERALD, March 14, 1865

• Final weeks of the Civil War w/ map
• General Philip H. Sheridan in Virginia

The front page features a huge Civil War map headed: "SHERIDAN'S IMPORTANT OPERATIONS. Where

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 25, 1864

• The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse aftermath
• Ulysses S. Grant's March
• General Robert E. Lee falls back to Richmond

This issue includes considerable

NEW YORK HERALD, June 28, 1862

• 1st Battle of James Island
• Secessionville, South Carolina

The front page features a nice & detailed Civil War map  headed: "THE BATTLE GROUND NEAR CHARLESTON" "Scene of

NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, April 4, 1865

• The fall of Richmond, the Confederate capital
• Terrific heraldic eagle & map for display

See the photos for this terrific and extremely graphic issue reporting the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 21, 1862  The entire front page is taken up with 3 prints captioned: "Corinth, Mississippi, Now in Possession of Our Troops" which includes "Beauregard's