Stonewall Jackson has his arm amputated...
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May 06, 1863
CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER, South Carolina, May 6, 1863
* From the capital of the Confederacy
* Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
This is one of just a few newspapers which printed "Confederate States of America" in the dateline.
The front page begins with: "Later from the Seat o War" "Our Victory Complete - General Jackson's Left Army Amputated - Skirmish on the York River Railroad". This report notes in part: "...General Jackson's left army has been skillfully amputated below the shoulder, by Drt. McGuyer...The General was removed to a country house about 15 miles distant from the battle field and is doing well." He would die 4 days later.
Other articles: "...Military Movements on the Mississippi..." "Latest From Vicksburg" "From Tennessee" 'the Late Yankee Raid" "The Yankees in Georgia" "Stonewall Jackson" the latter being a letter of praise for him signed: Stonewall Brigade.
A single sheet issue, light damp staining near the margins, good condition.
Background: This extraordinary single-sheet relic is a haunting "time capsule" of the Confederacy’s highest peak and its most devastating turning point, captured in the fleeting moment before triumph turned to tragedy. Most famously known for the jarringly surreal headline reporting that "General Jackson's Left Army" (rather than arm) had been amputated, this issue is one of the vanishingly few to boldly print "Confederate States of America" in its dateline—a defiant assertion of sovereignty at a time when the Union blockade was strangling the South's resources to the point of "single-sheet" survival. It offers a visceral, front-row seat to the chaos of May 1863: while readers cheered for a "Victory Complete" at Chancellorsville and read touching tributes from the Stonewall Brigade, they were unknowingly holding a death watch for the South's greatest tactical genius. To own this paper is to hold the very ink and paper that told a nation its hero was "doing well" just four days before his death fundamentally altered the course of the American Civil War.
* From the capital of the Confederacy
* Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
This is one of just a few newspapers which printed "Confederate States of America" in the dateline.
The front page begins with: "Later from the Seat o War" "Our Victory Complete - General Jackson's Left Army Amputated - Skirmish on the York River Railroad". This report notes in part: "...General Jackson's left army has been skillfully amputated below the shoulder, by Drt. McGuyer...The General was removed to a country house about 15 miles distant from the battle field and is doing well." He would die 4 days later.
Other articles: "...Military Movements on the Mississippi..." "Latest From Vicksburg" "From Tennessee" 'the Late Yankee Raid" "The Yankees in Georgia" "Stonewall Jackson" the latter being a letter of praise for him signed: Stonewall Brigade.
A single sheet issue, light damp staining near the margins, good condition.
Background: This extraordinary single-sheet relic is a haunting "time capsule" of the Confederacy’s highest peak and its most devastating turning point, captured in the fleeting moment before triumph turned to tragedy. Most famously known for the jarringly surreal headline reporting that "General Jackson's Left Army" (rather than arm) had been amputated, this issue is one of the vanishingly few to boldly print "Confederate States of America" in its dateline—a defiant assertion of sovereignty at a time when the Union blockade was strangling the South's resources to the point of "single-sheet" survival. It offers a visceral, front-row seat to the chaos of May 1863: while readers cheered for a "Victory Complete" at Chancellorsville and read touching tributes from the Stonewall Brigade, they were unknowingly holding a death watch for the South's greatest tactical genius. To own this paper is to hold the very ink and paper that told a nation its hero was "doing well" just four days before his death fundamentally altered the course of the American Civil War.
Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.
Category: The Civil War
