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Johnston's report on the Battle of Seven Pines...
Johnston's report on the Battle of Seven Pines...
Item # 618219
July 31, 1862
DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, July 31, 1862
* Very rare Confederate publication
* Rebel General Joseph E. Johnston
Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border very near Montgomery.
Page 2 begins with an interesting editorial complaining about government abuses in not insuring the delivery of daily newspapers to the soldiers in the field. An interesting item for any newspaper collection. Also inside: "Battle of the Seven Pines--General Johnston's Official Report" which takes over a full column & is signed in type: J. E. Johnston, General. Included is the "List of Killed, wounded and Missing..." by state (see).
Elsewhere: "Progress & Events of the War" taking over a full column: "Lt. A. H. Rutherford" "The Yankee Canal at Vicksburg a Failure" "From Richmond" "Yankee Movement" and more.
Most of the back page is taken up with the: "Constitution of the State of Georgia, Ratified July 2, 1861".
Four pages, various foxing, nice condition.
It was in Columbus where the last battle of the Civil War was fought. Note: The Battle of Palmito Ranch in Texas actually occurred weeks after the Battle of Columbus, but the engagement at Palmito Ranch happened after the Confederate government had dissolved and the Confederacy was extinct. In the "Official Records", the Battle of Columbus is referred to as the "closing conflict of the war. (see hyperlink)
background: The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks, occurred on May 31–June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Union's Peninsula Campaign during the Civil War. Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston attacked Union forces under General George B. McClellan, who were split by the Chickahominy River. Although the battle ended inconclusively with around 11,000 total casualties, Johnston was seriously wounded, leading to General Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army. Lee’s appointment marked a turning point in the war, as he would go on to shape Confederate strategy for the rest of the conflict.
Category: Confederate
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