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The Civil War is about to begin...



Item # 684488

March 20, 1861

NEW YORK HERALD, March 20, 1861

* History about to be made
* Secession from the Union


 Among the front page column heads on events which would lead to the Civil War in a few weeks' time: "IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH" "THE EVACUATION OF FORT SUMTER" "Major Anderson and His Forces Leave on Saturday in the Steamship Columbia" "Probable Recognition of the Confederate States by the European Powers" "The Feeling at the South" "Surrender of the New York Vessels by the States of Georgia" "An Armistice Between the Northern & Southern Confederacies" "Prospects of a Peaceful Separation" and more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Category: Yankee