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Item #702595THE BATTERY, Washington, Aug. 10 1848
* Great political themed masthead engraving
* Supporting Zachery Taylor for president
This was a campaign newspaper supporting Zachary Taylor for President and Millard Fillmore for Vice President.
In the era before radio, television, and... Read full description -
Item #589155THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 26, 1862
* General Braxton Bragg's plantation captured
* Cove Creek, North Carolina
* General Ambrose Burnside - Fredericksburg, Virginia
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "Importan... Read full description -
Item #681250DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, March 30, 1863
* From the capital of the Confederacy
The front page includes: "The enemy's Account of The Attack on Port Hudson" "Latest News From the North" "Fatal Accident from Fire Arms" "Latest From the North" "Morgan's Late Fight" "Another 'Raid' In Tennessee--Capture of 800 Prisoners" which is a... Read full description -
Item #694400RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, June 29, 1864
* General William T. Sherman
* Now in Georgia - march to the sea
* Rare Confederate publication
Not only a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but from the capital of the Confederate States.
This issue has on the front page: "Latest From The North..." "The War News" which includes a dispatch from Marietta to... Read full description -
Item #698605DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, January 24, 1863
* From the capital of the Confederacy
The front page includes: "The Intercepted Correspondence", "Notes Of The War--Affairs at Vicksburg--The Several Attempts of the Enemy Against the City--A Renewed Attack Expected--The Spirit of Our Army" "City Intelligence" "The Charge of... Read full description -
Item #704685THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, Columbia, South Carolina, Dec. 7, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
A rather rare title and great that it includes the word “Southern”.
The front page has reports from the Confederate Congress, as well as a document from the "Subsistence Department" and an: "Exchange Notice" on the exchange... Read full description -
Item #710595NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 17, 1862
* Maryland Campaign
* Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
* Battle of Munfordville, Kentucky
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The War For The Union" "The Invasion of Maryland" "The Surrender of Harper's Ferry" "5,000 Prisoners Made by the Rebels" "A Tremendous Battle Yesterday" "The Whole... 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 Charleston" "Atrocities of... Read full description -
Item #620159NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 28, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Arrival of General Hunter" "Vigorous Preparations for Action" "Late Southern News" "A Union General Charged with a Treasonable Speech" "Reports from Fredericksburg" "The Defenses of Mobile" "Scurrilous Attack on General Hooker" and also a... Read full description
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