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From when Norfolk, Virginia, was held by Union forces...
From when Norfolk, Virginia, was held by Union forces...
Item # 701586
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May 10, 1862
THE NEW REGIME, Norfolk, Virginia, March 27, 1864
* Rare Union occupation publication
* City under martial law
A Union occupation newspaper, as the Union forces occupied the city on May 10, 1862. It remained under martial law through the remainder of the Civil War.
This is the volume 1, number 28 issue. Page 2 includes: "War Intelligence" "Reorganization of the Army of the Potomac" which includes a lengthy document signed in type by Major General Meade. Also: "Sword Presented to Lieut. General Grant which includes a letter signed U.S. Grant.
A wealth of reports from elsewhere, with most of pages 1 and 4 taken up with: "The Crown Matrimonial Of France".
This is the first of this uncommon title we have encountered in our 50+ years.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, minimal margin wear, nice condition.
background: This rare March 27, 1864, issue of The New Regime serves as a primary source for the administrative and symbolic transitions occurring within the Union high command just weeks before the brutal Overland Campaign. Published in occupied Norfolk under martial law, the paper captures a critical moment of consolidation, most notably through the lengthy document by Major General George Meade outlining the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac—a move that streamlined five corps into three to prepare for the final push against Lee. The inclusion of the sword presentation to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, complete with his typed response, underscores his rapid ascent to General-in-Chief and his relocation to the Virginia theater, providing a stark contrast to the escapist "Crown Matrimonial" literary features on the outer pages. As a fragile, four-page artifact of "soldier journalism," this specimen is a significant rarity, representing the Union's effort to maintain both military order and ideological control in one of the South's most vital liberated seaports.
Category: The Civil War
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