Battle of Missionary Ridge...

Item # 694161

December 01, 1863

THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Dec. 1, 1863 This issue has some nice reporting on the Battle of Missionary Ridge. War-related reports include: "The Retreat of Bragg" "General D. H Hill" "The Landing & entrenching of the Enemy's Forces on the Main" "Cotton Through the Blockade" "Our Defeat in The West" "Pastoral Letter of Bishop Lynch--Prayers For Peace" & more.
The back page includes; "The Siege--144th Day" "Yankee Raid on the Main in the Third Military District" "Charleston Under Fire" and more.
Single sheet issue, small burn hole affects a few words, some mounting paper at the blank spine margin, good condition.