A Proclamation by Jefferson Davis...

Item # 707408

May 05, 1862

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, May 5, 1862

* Jefferson Davis proclamation
* President of the Confederacy
* "Day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer"

Not just a nice Confederate newspaper, but one from the capital of the Confederacy. Page 2 has a lengthy editorial concerning the Civil War. Also inside are: "Movements & Spirit of the War" "The Fall of Fort Macon" "The Spirit of the South" "A Flag of Truce from General Beauregard to General Buell..." "Telegraphic News" "The Yankee Oath of Allegiance" "Proclamation By the President" which is signed in type: Jefferson Davis; and much more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.

background: Issued against a backdrop of deep military desperation, Jefferson Davis’s proclamation of May 3, 1862, was a formal call for a Confederate "day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer" to be observed on May 16th. The timing was critical; the Confederacy was reeling from a string of catastrophic losses, most notably the recent fall of New Orleans and the Union Army’s menacing proximity to the capital in Richmond during the Peninsular Campaign. In the text, Davis employed high-flown religious rhetoric to frame the war as a spiritual struggle, urging citizens to acknowledge their "dependence upon God" and seek divine intervention against what he described as an "unjust and cruel" invasion. Beyond its spiritual veneer, the proclamation served as a vital political tool for domestic morale, aiming to unify a panicked Southern public and steel their resolve at a moment when the Confederate experiment appeared to be on the verge of total collapse.