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Paducah, Kentucky, just after the Civil War...
Paducah, Kentucky, just after the Civil War...
Item # 682763
July 22, 1865
THE FEDERAL UNION, Paducah, Kentucky, July 22, 1865
* Very rare publication
* McCracken County
* Reconstruction era
* Early circus advertisement
This is a very rare newspaper about which little is known. Gregory's "Union List of Serials" notes only that it existed from 1864-5 and notes that only one institution has an issue, and it has only one. Yet the American Antiquarian Society records many of the issues.
It is presumed it started in November, 1864 and lasted at least through August, 1865. As the title would suggest, this was a pro-Union newspaper although Paducah was under Union control for almost the entire war, despite some raids by General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Various news reports of the day with several items considered as follow-up reports on the end of the Civil War. A wealth of advertisements.
Four pages, archivally rejoined at the spine, great condition.
Category: Yankee
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