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Evacuation of Fredericksburg... Lee, Grant, Butler, and more...
Evacuation of Fredericksburg... Lee, Grant, Butler, and more...
Item # 694420
June 07, 1864
RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, June 7, 1864 Not only a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but from its capital as well.
The front page has: "The War News" with various reports from different theaters of operation, beginning: "The news of the day yesterday was the report that got noised around the city of a reverse to our arms west of Staunton. The rumour was soon caught up & greatly magnified...", plus there are two subheads: "From General Lee's Army" and "From the Southside".
Also on the ftpg: "Additional From The North" with subheads: "The Presidential Question--The Platform of the Radical Party" "From Grant's Army" "Butler Reinforces Grant" "Military Chat & Gossip in the North" "Evacuation of Fredericksburg" "A Yankee War Picture" and "Stop the War". Also: "From General Lee's Army" "From North Georgia" and "From The Southwest".
The back page has a quite lengthy editorial taking over half of the page, touching on several war-related topics, beginning: "Bringing General Breckinridge from the Valley was an errour..." & further on: "Nearer Richmond all goes well. Grant's fortifications signified what was predicted--retreat. He moves away from Lee's front...Where is he going?..." with much more. Also on the back page: "From The Armies in Georgia" "A Yankee Raid of Tampa, Florida" "A News Confederate Loan in Europe" and much reporting from: "The Confederate Congress".
Complete as a single sheet newspaper with a one column masthead (typical late in the war), in very nice, clean condition.
Category: Confederate
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