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The Battle of Shiloh...
The Battle of Shiloh...
Item # 684471
April 14, 1862
DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 14, 1862 The entire front page is taken up with advertisements while most of page 2 is taken up with various Civil War reports.
Included is the always-interesting editorial, which begins: "The plot of this great tragedy is thickening: the threads draw to their know...General McClellan told his troops that he & they should enter Richmond within 20 days. Twenty-five of those days are gone & five remain..." & further on is: "...The victory of the Fortunate Beauregard at Shiloh was not eclipsed by the terrific battle which ensued on the following day with the whole force of Buell's army...The fall of Fort Pulaski is an insignificant event..." with much more.
Page 2 also has some nice text on the Battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, including a dispatch signed in type by: A. S. Johnston just before the battle, which begins: "Soldiers of the Army of the Mississippi, I have put you in motion to offer battle to the invaders of your country...". This is followed by a dispatch datelined "Battle Field of Shiloh" begins: "We have had a hard fought battle and our victory is complete. Relative loss is not known, but it is heavy on both sides. Unfortunately General A. S. Johnston fell at two and a half o'clock, p.m...." This is followed by another dispatch datelined "Pittsburg, Tenn., April 6" which includes: "General Hardee's division of the army attacked the enemy four miles from Pittsburg this morning at daylight. The enemy have been driven towards the river..." and then another dispatch datelined "Battle-Field" begins: "The great struggle is over. The victory is ours, and a most glorious victory it is...".
There is even more war reporting on pg. 2 with some of the small heads include: "The Yankees at Nashville--Large Influx of Northern population--"Fortifications about the Town" and "Fall of Fort Pulaski--Interesting Particulars of the Bombardment" "From Island No. Ten..." and much more.
Page 3 has some war reporting & also has much reporting from: "The Confederate Congress" and a wealth of ads, as well as a list of Acts of the Confederate Congress, many relating to the Civil War. The back page is almost entirely taken up with Acts from the Confederate Congress.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition. Great to have the Shiloh content in a newspaper from the Confederate Congress.
Category: Confederate
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