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Latest-dated Charleston Civil War issue we have offered?
Latest-dated Charleston Civil War issue we have offered?
Item # 701892
January 07, 1865
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Jan. 7, 1865 A newspaper from this famous Confederate stronghold quite late in the Civil War, in fact, our records seem to indicate this is the latest-dated issue of the Mercury we have offered from the Civil War. Just 3 weeks later General Beauregard would order the evacuation of the remaining Confederate forces from the city. On February 18 the mayor would surrender Charleston to Union forces.
Among the articles: "A Little More of Capt. Bragg" "Sentiments of the State of Texas" "The Confederate Congress" "Latest From the United States" "General Sherman & the Negroes" "The Arming of Slaves" "Our Prisoners on Johnson's Island" and so much more.
A single sheet issue printed on "necessity paper", meaning not typical newsprint but rather a browning, thin, wrapping paper-like newsprint. It was typical with late-dated newspapers from the Confederacy that they used atypical paper for printing as regular newsprint was very scarce in the South.
Untrimmed margins, irregular at the right margin, two small holes which seem to be due more to paper weakness rather than rare, foxing to a portion of the front page, an archival mend to the central fold of the back page.
Category: Confederate
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