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Rare Confederate title from Petersburg... Letter signed in type by: J.E. B. Stuart...
Rare Confederate title from Petersburg... Letter signed in type by: J.E. B. Stuart...
Item # 709999
February 29, 1864
THE DAILY EXPRESS, Petersburg, Virginia, Feb. 29, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
Petersburg was a critical city to the Confederacy, located not far south of the capital of Richmond, and the focus of a six-month long siege when ended in early April, 1865, when Lee withdrew his troops from Petersburg and urged Jefferson Davis to remove the capital from Richmond. The war would end shortly thereafter.
This is an uncommon Confederate newspaper from Petersburg, with much war content including a letter signed in type by: J.E. B. Stuart.
Additional items of interest are headed: "Latest From The North--Progress of Sherman's Expedition--The Great Cavalry Cavalcade Which Gen. Forrest Has Routed--Sherman's Army, Its Progress & Its Purpose--The Grand Plan of the Spring Campaign--It Has Already Come to Grief--Advance of Longstreet", "Murder, Violence & Treason", "From The Front", "Another Prison Excavation", "From the Army of Tennessee", "Gen. Longstreet's Command", "The Late Battle Near Lake City", "Capture of a Steamer", and "Yankee Prisoners".
Complete as a single sheet newspaper, small piece from a lower corner affects two notices only, otherwise in nice condition. A period hand-written note across the top margin of pg. 2 relates to the editorial.
Category: Confederate