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Much war reporting from this Confederate stronghold...
Much war reporting from this Confederate stronghold...
Item # 694404
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July 14, 1864
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, July 14, 1864
* Rare Southern Confederacy publication
* From the origin of the Civil War
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From General Johnston's Army" "The Strongest Battalions" "From Our Lines on the Chattahoochee" "A Gallant Charge" "Governor Brown's Proclamation to the People of Georgia" "and more.
The back page is mostly taken up with ads & notices, but also has: "Siege Matters--317th Day" "Entrenchments Near Petersburg, Va." and a bit more.
Complete as a single sheet newspaper, great condition.
background: This specific edition of The Charleston Mercury serves as a grim snapshot of a Confederacy under immense geographic and psychological pressure, caught between the tightening vice of Sherman in the West and Grant in the East. The front-page focus on the Chattahoochee and Governor Brown’s desperate proclamation highlights the impending fall of Atlanta, while the "317th Day" siege counter on the back page reflects the grueling, defiant endurance of Charleston under constant Federal bombardment. Published by the radical "Fire-Eater" Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr., the paper’s rhetoric—balancing reports of "Gallant Charges" with the reality of Petersburg's entrenchments—illustrates the transition from traditional mobile warfare to the static, industrial-scale attrition that would eventually break the Southern war effort. Because the paper was printed during a period of severe blockade-induced shortages, its survival in "great condition" is particularly notable, as many late-war issues were produced on inferior, acidic paper or even wallpaper, making them highly susceptible to decay.
Category: The Civil War
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