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Item #725234THE WORLD, New York City, March 28, 1861
* Start of the Civil War close (Fort Sumter)
* Tensions at a boiling point in the South
* Southern slavery and the Confederacy
* History about to be made
From just days before the outbreak of the Civil War, this issue has some reports on the impending conflict.
The top of page 4 has a one... Read full description -
Item #712622SUNDAY DELTA, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 26, 1862
* Rare Confederate title
* From the deep South
Truly Confederate newspapers from New Orleans are very difficult to find, as Admiral Farragut entered the mouth of the Mississippi in mid-April, 1862 and finally took New Orleans on April 28. Shortly thereafter Benjamin Butler moved in and took... Read full description -
Item #709963NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 5, 1862 The front page features a Civil War map headed: "The Battle Of Seven Pines" showing much detail.
Front page column heads include: "The Battle of the Seven Pines" "Bloody Check Sustained by the Union Advance" "The Causes of Our Defeat" "Fremont's Pursuit... Read full description -
Item #707408DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, May 5, 1862
* Jefferson Davis proclamation
* President of the Confederacy
* "Day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer"
Not just a nice Confederate newspaper, but one from the capital of the Confederacy. Page 2 has a lengthy editorial concerning the Civil War. Also inside are:... Read full description -
Item #707407DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 11, 1863 The front page includes: "A Word of Justice" "Further From Charleston!" "The Turret of the Iron-Clads Pierced!" "Splendid Spirits of Our Men!" "The Law of Impressment" and more, including a dispatch signed in type: G.T. Beauregard.
The back page has:... Read full description -
Item #707365DAILY 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 Federal Prisoners" "Latest From the North" "The Fight Opened at Charleston!" "The Attack... Read full description -
Item #707352NEW YORK HERALD, May 3, 1862
* Grand Junction, Tennessee
* Siege of Fort Macon ends
* Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The front page features a Civil War map headed: "Probable Retreat of Beauregard To Grand Junction" showing the Corinth vicinity at the Mississippi Tennessee, Alabama border.
Column heads on the Civil War... Read full description -
Item #705607NEW YORK HERALD, April 21, 1862
* Siege of Yorktown - Virginia
* McClellan's Peninsula Campaign
The front page features a nice map headed: "The Siege of Yorktown - Diagram of the Scene of the Engagement on Wednesday, April 16."
Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Union Forces... Read full description -
Item #705397CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER, South Carolina, Dec. 28, 1863
* From the origin of the American Civil War
This was one of just a few Confederate newspapers that printed in the dateline: "Confederates States Of America".
Among the reports are three front page Acts of the Confederate Congress; "Siege of... Read full description -
Item #705332WESTERN SENTINEL, Winston, North Carolina, May 2, 1862
* Battle of Shiloh
* P.G.T. Beauregard
* Fall of New Orleans
This is a very rare title from the Confederacy. According to Brigham only four institutions in the United States have any holdings of this title from the Civil War, most just a few scattered... Read full description -
Item #704318THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 22, 1862
* Rare Confederate publication
A rather rare title and great that it has the word “Southern”.
The front page is mostly taken up with ads & military notices but it also has: "From Georgia - Reinforcements Arriving--Glorious... Read full description -
Item #702200THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, July 4, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.Among the articles within are: "Where Are We Drifting?" "Proclamation of General Beauregard" signed by him in type: G. T. Beauregard; "The... Read full description -
Item #701892THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Jan. 21, 1865
* From the origin of the Civil War
* Close to Confederates evacuating
A newspaper from this famous Confederate stronghold quite late in the Civil War, in fact, our records seem to indicate this is the latest-dated issue of the Mercury we have offered from the Civil... Read full description -
Item #701578SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NEWS, Richmond, June 20, 1863
* Rebel General P.G.T. Beauregard
* Very rare Confederate publication
A very rare publication from the Confederacy which seldom comes to the collector market. Although much of the content was literary in nature, there are news reports and a few... Read full description -
Item #700479NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 25, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "SIEGE OF FORT SUMTER" "Interesting Correspondence Between General Gilmore and General Beauregard" "Details of the Bombardment of the 18th Inst." "Important From Tennessee" "General Rosecrsans'... Read full description -
Item #699007DAILY EXAMINER, Richmond, Virginia, Dec. 24, 1864
* Capital of the Confederacy
* President Abraham Lincoln
* General P. G. T. Beauregard
Not just a newspaper from the Confederate states, but from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page has: "The War News--Affairs In the Valley & Around Gordonsville" which includes a... Read full description -
Item #698580THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Oct. 1, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
* Origin of the American Civil War
Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "Forrest Again Successful" "General Beauregard, Again" "Reconstruction & Subjugation One and the Same" "Affairs on the Mississippi"... Read full description -
Item #698273DAILY 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: "YORKTOWN" "Our Former Position & Strength There--The State of our Whole Line--Daily Picket Fights--Brilliant... Read full description -
Item #698268THE HOUSTON TRI-WEEKLY TELEGRAPH, Nov. 9, 1864
* Very rare issue from the Southwest Confederacy
Newspapers from Texas are very uncommon, particularly from before or during the Civil War period. Here is an issue from the midst of the war, one of the earliest war-dated issues we have offered in recent years.
The front page has over 2 columns... Read full description -
Item #698091NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 31, 1862
* Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
* Confederate states Civil War map
Most of of the front page is taken up with a huge Civil War map titled: "THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE SOUTH-WEST" with some column heads including: "The Capture of Corinth" "Another Rebel... Read full description -
Item #696643Here is a unique opportunity for a pair of issues--one Yankee and the other Confederate--of the identical date of July 22, 1861 both reporting on the First Battle of Bull Run, one from the New York Tribune and the other from the Confederate capital of Richmond, titled the Daily Dispatch, providing a perspective of how the... Read full description -
Item #695900NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 14, 1863
* Battle of Culpeper Court House - Virginia
* Knoxville campaign - Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Among the many front page one column heads reporting on the Civil War are: "Meade's Army" "Union Advance Beyond Culpepper" "Skirmishing With the Rebels" "Culpepper... Read full description -
Item #695328PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Jan. 29, 1862 The front page has two Civil War maps, one: "Showing the Position of Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island" and the other a: "Diagram Showing Hatteras Inlet & Where the Vessels Were Wrecked".
Many front page column heads on the Civil War including: "War Against Treason!"... Read full description -
Item #693139NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 28, 1863
* Second Battle of Fort Sumter
* Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
* Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard
The front page has a nice print of: "THE REBEL TORPEDOES" with 3 views of it.
First column heads include: "CHARLESTON" "Sumter a Mass of Rubbish"... Read full description -
Item #692717THE WORLD, New York, Nov. 28, 1861 Nice front page column heads on the Civil War include: "The Southern Rebellion" "A Penna. Detachment Surprised with Severe Loss" "Successful Skirmish at Drainesville" "Gen. Beauregard Indisposed to Advance" "The Pensacola Fight" "Ominous Silence of the Rebels"... Read full description -
Item #691150NEW YORK HERALD, April 15, 1862
* Battle of Shiloh - Pittsburg Landing
* Battle of Island Number Ten - Tennessee
The front page is dominated by a large & very detailed Civil War map headed: "THE IMPORTANT OPERATIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Appearance of Island No. 10---The Gunboats, Transports, Land Batteries, etc.... Read full description -
Item #691137NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 27, 1864
* 20 inch Rodman Gun first tested
* John Paul Jones Park - Fort Hamilton
* Brooklyn, New York cannon
* American Civil War
The back page has a very interesting report headed: "The Largest Gun In the World" "Successful Trial of the Twenty-Inch Rodman Gun at Fort Hamilton".
This 20-inch version... Read full description -
Item #691103NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 24, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Official War News" "McClellan Across the Chickahominy" "Preparations For An Attack" "A Famine In Virginia" "Beauregard At Richmond" "Rebels Want a Ten Day's 'Armistice"... Read full description -
Item #691090PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Dec. 7, 1864
* President Abraham Lincoln
* State of the Union Address (last)
Beginning on the front page and taking most of page 2 is: "The President's Message", being what would be Lincoln's final state-of-the-uinion address to the nation. It is signed in type by him at its... Read full description -
Item #690287NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 19, 1865
* Columbia SC - South Carolina Map
* Robert E. Lee correspondence
* Rare Confederate flag illustration
The front page is dominated by a large & very detailed Civil War map headed: "SHERMAN IN THE HEART OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Occupation of Columbia, the State Capital---Probable Evacuation of... Read full description -
Item #688728WESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 24, 1861
* 1st Battle of Bull Run - Manassas, Virginia
* 1st major land battle of the American Civil War
The front page begins with a lengthy editorial report on the Battle of Bull Run, the first notable battle of the Civil War. Also on the front page: "Civil War vs.... Read full description -
Item #687577CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER, South Carolina, April 24, 1862
* Battle of Shiloh - Pittsburg Landing - Beauregard's praise
* Fort Jackson... Fall of Pulaski...
* Rare Confederate title from the war origin
This was one of only a few newspapers which printed: "Confederate States of America" in the dateline... Read full description -
Item #683173NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, March 30, 1861
* Start of the Civil War close (Fort Sumter)
* Tensions at a boiling point in the South
* Southern slavery and the Confederacy
* History about to be made
From just days before the outbreak of the Civil War, this issue has a wealth of reports on the coming conflict.
Articles include:... Read full description -
Item #682974THE WORLD, New York, Feb. 25, 1865
* Battle of Wilmington - North Carolina
* Admiral David Dixon Porter victory
Formatted very much like its competitors, the Times, Tribune & Herald.
Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War: "THE SOUTH" "Indications of a Panic in Richmond" "Beauregard... Read full description -
Item #682971THE WORLD, New York, Feb. 18, 1865
* General William T. Sherman
* Victory march in the Carolinas
* Columbia, South Carolina & more
Formatted very much like its competitors, the Times, Tribune & Herald.
Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War: "SOUTH CAROLINA" "Sherman Checked &... Read full description -
Item #682968THE WORLD, New York, Feb. 15, 1865 Formatted very much like its competitors, the Times, Tribune & Herald.
Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War: "New Military Policy Adopted by the South" "The Southwest to be Given Up" "All the Troops to be Concentrated East, in Two Grand... Read full description -
Item #682965THE WORLD, New York, Feb. 10, 1865
* Jefferson Davis addresses Confederate Congress
* Wants Southern states to remain independent
Formatted very much like its competitors, the Times, Tribune & Herald.
Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War: "PACIFICATION" "Full Restoration of... Read full description -
Item #682945THE WORLD, New York, May 16, 1864 Formatted very much like its competitors, the Times, Tribune & Herald. Column heads on the front page and inside pages include: "News From New Orleans" "How The Rebels Expect to Retake the City" " 'Tell Your Northern Friends to Pack Up.' " "Official... Read full description -
Item #682149NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 11, 1864
* Battle of Cold Harbor
* Mechanicsville, Virginia
* Grant vs. Lee
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE GREAT CONTEST" "Burial of the Dead" "Grant Moving Down His Left" "Both Armies Close Together" "Hunter's Victory in West... Read full description -
Item #681803NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 1, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Charleston" "The Latest Rebel Telegrams" "Beauregard Expresses a Determination to Hold Sumter" "The Bombardment Progressing" "Our Force At Duvall's Bluff" "General Magruder... Read full description -
Item #681796NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 25, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "SIEGE OF FORT SUMTER" "Interesting Correspondence Between General Gilmore and General Beauregard" "Details of the Bombardment of the 18th Inst." "Important From Tennessee" "General Rosecrsans'... Read full description -
Item #681631NEW YORK HERALD, May 26, 1864
* Ulysses S. Grant - Spotsylvania victory
* Resaca Georgia Ga - William T. Sherman
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT!" "Victorious March of the Army of the Potomac" "The South Anna River Reached by Our Troops" "One Thousand More Prisoners Captured"... Read full description -
Item #666668DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 11, 1862
* From the capital of the Confederacy
The front page is completely filled with ads while much of pages 2 & 3 have war-related reports. Included is the always interesting editorial, which begins: "From every quarter comes the same news. The enemy are drawing their... Read full description -
Item #647523NEW YORK HERALD, March 22, 1862 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Affairs On the Mississippi" "The Great Fight at Island No. 10" "Beauregard At Corinth, Miss." "Movements of the Rebels at Memphis" and more.
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Item #646929THE DAILY EXPRESS, Petersburg, Virginia, February 4, 1862
* P.G.T. Beauregard official report
* Battle of Bull Run - Manassas
Certainly one of the less common titles from the Confederacy. Most of the front page is taken up with: "The War--Its Movements! Official Report of Gen. Beauregard... Read full description -
Item #643979THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, Feb. 21, 1893 The top of the ftpg. has column heads: "Objections To Annexation" "Arguments of Those Who Prefer to Ignore Hawaii at Present" "No Naval Advantages To Be Derived" "Present Treaty with the Kingdom Granting Pearl Harbor to the United States Said... Read full description -
Item #631869NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1862 Among the front page column heads are war reports including; "Operations Against Richmond" "The National Forces Crossing the Chickahominy at Two Points" "Our Advance Within Five Miles of the Rebel Capital" "The Arrival of Beauregard" "The Rebel Army... Read full description -
Item #626251THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted that slavery should not be abolished, so much of its content has an anti-North bias.
Among the articles are a lengthy ftpg. report: "The President's Message" which is commentary on Lincoln's recent state-of-the-union... Read full description -
Item #603996NEW YORK TIMES, July 29, 1862 Among the front page column Civil War heads are: "From New Orleans" "The Rebels Still Inclined to be Troublesome" "Recruiting For the National Army" "Rumors About Gen. Beauregard" "Porter's Mortar Flotilla" and more.
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Item #602740NEW YORK TIMES, June 14, 1862 Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Late From New Orleans" "Arrival of the First Mail Since the Capture of the City" "More of General Butler's Orders" which lists two of them, each signed: Major-Gen. Butler; "From Gen. Halleck's Army"... Read full description
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