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Uncommon four-page "Extra'" edition on the battle for Charleston...
Uncommon four-page "Extra'" edition on the battle for Charleston...
Item # 701661
April 13, 1863
NEW YORK TRIBUNE--EXTRA, April 13, 1863
* First Battle of Charleston Harbor - South Carolina
This is an uncommon, four page "Extra" edition as noted at the top of the first column, printed at: "Six O'Clock A.M." with the latest news.
Among the first column heads are: "THE GREAT FIRE AT CHARLESTON" "Full & Graphic Description" "Account By An Eye-Witness" 'The First Great Trial of Iron-Clads" "Details o the Fighting" "Why the Fleets Was Withdrawn" "The Damaged Done to Fort Sumter" and more. This reporting carries over to the back page.
There are four pages, pages 2 & 3 are not numbered, the back page is numbered "8", likely taken from the last page of the previous edition with the front page modified for the current news.
Four pages, very nice condition.
Note: In April 1863, Charleston, South Carolina, experienced damage and fires as a result of a major Union naval assault on its harbor, part of the broader Union campaign to capture the city during the Civil War. On April 7, Union ironclads under Rear Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont attacked Confederate defenses, including Fort Sumter, but were repelled. Although the assault failed, it marked the beginning of sustained bombardment and siege operations that would lead to repeated fires and destruction in the city. The fires in April were not as catastrophic as the great fire of 1861 but contributed to the ongoing wartime devastation Charleston endured.
Category: The Civil War
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