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Confederate answer to Harper's Weekly... Prints of Vicksburg and General Bragg...
Confederate answer to Harper's Weekly... Prints of Vicksburg and General Bragg...
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November 08, 1862
SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NEWS, Richmond, Nov. 8, 1862
* Rebel General Braxton Bragg
* Very rare Confederate publication
A rare publication from the Confederacy that seldom comes to the collector market. Although much of the content was literary in nature, there are news reports and a few illustrations.
This is a very unusual issue of this title as rather than a portrait of a Confederate general as a feature of the front page, this issue has a view of the: "City of Vicksburg, Miss.", perhaps the only city view in this title. The balance of the front page is taken up with a lengthy & detailed article titled: "Vicksburg, Mississippi".
Nearly a column on page 2 is headed: "The Times" which reports on the latest events of the Civil War, a few bits including: "...Gen. Bragg & staff have been in this city; the Yankee reports, therefore, of his dangerous situation in Kentucky & of the certainty that his army would be 'bagged'...They acknowledge that they were beaten on the 8th but they boasted of two other great battles on the 9th & 10th in which the 'Rebels' were completely annihilated. It turns out that there was but one battle & that the battle in which they acknowledge themselves badly beaten. So much for the 'machinery of war'...The Yankee General Prentiss is making speeches at the North in which he charges the Confederates with great cruelty in the treatment of prisoners. This, or course, is done to keep up the war fever. Lincoln finds some such device necessary, we suppose, to make the Northern people stand the draft fr the Yankee papers announce that he is about to issue a manifesto upon the subject. A pretty set of scoundrels they are, to complain of bad treatment after coming into our country & destroying everything they could lay their hands on..." with more.
This is followed by: "General Scott" which takes close to a column. Elsewhere is a short item on: "Our Corps Of Engravers" and a poem titled: "The South" plus a continued article: "The Politician" which includes 4 illustrations. Page 5 also has a nice print of: "Gen. Braxton Bragg" which is accompanied by a nice article on him as well.
There is a story titled: "Major Pommel of the Cattahorrah Cavalry" which has the Civil War as a backdrop. The back page includes a political cartoon headed: "Masks And Faces" and captioned: "King Abraham before and after issue the Emancipation Proclamation" which includes the partially completed Washington Monument in the background.
Begun on September 13, 1862 the "Southern Illustrated News" sought to fill the void left when the Southern States lost access to Harper’s Weekly and other illustrated newspapers from the North. In its “Salutatory,” in the first issue the editors state: "...We propose to issue an Illustrated Family Newspaper…devoted to literature, to public instruction and amusement, to general news, and to the cause of our country in this trying hour when she is engaged in a terrible, but resolute and hopeful struggle for her liberty and independence..." Although it could be argued it never lived up to all of these goals as reports from the war were very limited, it was an important publication nonetheless. At its peak boasting as many subscribers as the largest daily paper in Richmond. As with all Southern publications it suffered from lack of supplies, reporters, artists and engravers as many had been drafted either into the military or into the service of the Confederate administration to engrave paper money and stamps. The engravings were crude when compared to Yankee publications.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed rather well worn with minor loss at the fold juncture and the spine, various drinking with rubbing at the folds, light damp stains, foxing and dirtiness.
Category: The Civil War
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