Grant is close to capturing Vicksburg...

Item # 691130

May 28, 1863

NEW YORK HERALD, May 28, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "VICKSBURG" "The Rebels Still Holding Out, and General Grant Confident of Success" "Reported Offer of the Rebel Commander to Capitulate" "The Latest Rebel Reports" "Dispatch from General Johnston" "Two Assaults of the Union Troops Repulsed" "Important From North Carolina" "Brilliant Dash Upon the Rebels in Their Intrenchmeents at Gum Stamp" "Destruction of the Rebel Works" "The Enemy Are Dispersed..." and even more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.