A Confederate-leaning newspaper from Maryland...

Item # 701900

July 29, 1861

THE SOUTH, Baltimore, Maryland, July 29, 1861 Maryland was a border state during the Civil War, meaning within the state there were sympathies for both the Union and Confederacy. By the title of this newspaper it is obvious which side its editorial policy favored.
Articles include: "THE WAR - From Fortress Monroe" "From Richmond" "Important From Harper's Ferry" "The Southern Account of the Battle of Manassas [Bull Run]" "Greeley Hung In Effigy" "The Situation" "THE WAR" "Official Dispatch of President Davis of the Battle of Bull Run" "The Latest News"
Four pages, folio size, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition. This is the volume 1 no. 57 issue indicating that this newspaper began when the Civil War formally broke out.
Four pages, a few archival & non-archival mends at the margins, good condition.