Johnston's report on the Battle of Seven Pines...

Item # 618219

July 31, 1862

DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, July 31, 1862 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)