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Confederate Memphis newspaper from Grenada, Mississippi...
Confederate Memphis newspaper from Grenada, Mississippi...
Item # 683054
June 17, 1862
THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL, Grenada, Mississippi, June 17, 1862 If the title and city of publication seem to disagree, they do not.
This newspaper had a fascinating history during the Civil War. Memphis was a Confederate stronghold up through the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862, at which time the Yankees moved in and it became a Yankee city. Being a strong voice for the Confederacy, the "Memphis Appeal" newspaper would not continue under Yankee control. As Wikipedia notes: "...On June 6, 1862, the presses and plates were loaded into a boxcar and moved to Grenada, Mississippi, where it published for some time. The Appeal later journeyed to Jackson, Mississippi, Meridian, Mississippi, Atlanta, Georgia, and finally Montgomery, Alabama, where the plates were destroyed on April 6, 1865, only days before the Confederate surrender, halting publication of what had been one of the major papers serving the Southern cause." So this one newspaper published in six different Confederate cities during the Civil War.
Among the front page reports are: "When Will the War End?" "Lincoln's Grand Army--Where Is It?" "The Enemy's Designs Upon Chattanooga--Its Danger" "From Ashby's Command" "Invasion--Subjugation" and more.
More reports on the back page including: "Official From Gen. Jackson" is a dispatch signed in type: T. J. Jackson which includes: "Through God's blessing, the enemy near Port Republic was this day routed..."; "Yankee Faith" "From Chattanooga" "butler's Head" "What Was Accomplished in the Valley" "The Battle at Port Republic" "The Napoleonic Achievements of Stonewall Jackson" and even more.
Complete as a single sheet newspaper of folio size, various damp staining and foxing, a few creases, light rubbing near folds, nearly close-trimmed at the margins.
Category: Confederate
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