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Morgan and Johnston... A Memphis paper printed in Atlanta...
Morgan and Johnston... A Memphis paper printed in Atlanta...
Item # 683361
January 28, 1864
THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL, Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 28, 1864
* Very rare Confederate title
* Publisher on the run
If the title and city of publication seem to be in conflict, they are not. See the information at the bottom of this listing.
Much interesting reporting on the Civil War is found on the front page with articles headed: "Gen. Joe Johnston" "A Solution of the Provision Question" "Meeting of Morgan's Men" "6thh and 9th Tennessee Regiments Re-Enlisted for the War" "The Exchange of Prisoners Question!" "The New Military Bill" "How to End the War" "Northern Dispatches" "From Cairo" and other smaller items.
There is also much reporting on the back page as well including: "Army Reorganization" "False Ideas" "From Memphis' "Exemption of Editors--Freedom of the Press" "The Confederate Loans" "The Chattanooga Victory--An English Estimate of It" "Letter From North Alabama" "Cannot be Subjugated" "Siege of Charleston" & some other items.
Some nice war-related content in a Confederate "Memphis" newspaper printed in Atlanta.
A single sheet of folio size, full banner masthead, nice condition.
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.
AI notes: The Memphis Daily Appeal, a staunchly pro-Confederate newspaper during the American Civil War, became famous for its publisher, Benjamin Franklin Dill, who repeatedly moved the paper to evade Union forces, earning him the nickname “The Greatest Rebel of them All.” Originally based in Memphis, the newspaper’s presses and plates were transported to Grenada, Mississippi, in 1862 as Union troops approached, and later relocated through Jackson and Meridian in Mississippi, Atlanta, Georgia, Montgomery, Alabama, and finally Columbus, Georgia. This relentless movement earned it the nickname the “Moving Appeal,” allowing Dill to continue publication throughout the war despite constant threats. Dill was finally captured in Columbus on April 16, 1865, just days before the Confederate surrender. After the war, the newspaper resumed in Memphis in November 1865 and eventually merged with the Daily Avalanche in 1890 to form the Memphis Commercial Appeal, preserving its legacy as a symbol of Confederate resilience and journalistic tenacity.
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