Forney's War Press, Philadelphia, October 1, 1864

8 pages. Beautiful large illustrated mast head with eagle, warship, cannon, and soldier's in battle. Large woodcut engraving on the front page titled Grant's Campaign, Building a Corduroy Road in the Woods Near the Weldon Railroad. Stories include: Interesting Correspondence Between President Lincoln and General U.S. Grant. The Southern Military Prisons. Confirmatory Account of the Martydom of Our Soldiers in the South. Libby Prison. Belle Island. Physical Condition of the Rebels. The Prisons in the North. The Battle of Winchester. Sheridan's Great...  

Boston Evening Transcript, August 25, 1863

Boston, Tuesday Evening, August 25, 1863. Henry W. Dutton & Son, Proprietors, Transcript Building, 90 & 92 Washington Street. 4 pages. GLORIOUS NEWS. Fort Sumter Captured. Surrender of Charleston Demanded. General Beauregard Refuses. Bombardment of the City Begun. Our Success Confirmed. The Fort a Heap of Ruins. The South Wall Nearly Demolished. Non Combatants Ordered to Leave the City. The City Bombarded. The Siege of Charleston. Dispatch of Admiral Dahlgren. The Kansas Massacre. The Late Outrage in Kansas. Quantrell's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas. The...  

Forney's War Press, Philadelphia, October 31, 1863

8 pages. Beautiful large illustrated mast head with eagle, warship, cannon, and soldier's in battle. Large woodcut engraving on the front page titled Rebel Deserters in the Mountains of North Carolina. Stories include: The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Henry Ward Beecher at Manchester. The Slave Power and England. The Contrabands. Emancipation. Colored Schools in New Orleans. Recruiting of Negroes in Maryland. The Freedmen in Virginia. The Raid on Pennsylvania. Governor Andrew G. Curtin and the Late [Gettysburg] Campaign. A Worthy Tribute to Governor Curtin....  

Providence Daily Journal, May 20, 1863

4 pages.

Rumored Evacuation of Vicksburg. Dispatches From Gen. Grant & Gen. Hurlbut. Grierson's Raid Through Mississippi. Health of the 10th Army Corps at Hilton Head. News From Gen. Hooker's Army, and more.

Other content:

"Gen. Ullman's brigade is more than filled and the new country just opened by Gen. Banks's campaign will furnish two or three divisions of negroes in response to Banks' call for a Corps d'Afrique. There is no doubt that the rebels are engaged in raising negro regiments, as it is only from such material that...  

The Evening Post, New York, December 24, 1862

4 pages. THE FREDERICKSBURG DIASTER. Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War. Testimony of Generals Burnside, Sumner, Franklin and Hooker. The History of the Affair. General Burnside's Plan. General Hooker's Proposal. The Pontoons. Difficulties of Bridge Building. Crossing the River. The Enemy's Works. General Franklin's Evidence. The Case of General Burnside. The Fredericksburg Investigation. Address of President Lincoln to the Army of the Potomac After it's Defeat at Fredericksburg. The Christmas Festivities. Christmas Trees. Books For...  

Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, January 5, 1863

4 pages. Something More of the [C.S.S.] Alabama. Account of Her Latest Depredations. Her Captain Boasts of Having Destroyed 23 Vessels. Captain Semmes and his First Lieutenant Maffit. Capture of the Levi Starbuck. The Capture of the T.B. Wales. Affairs on the Alabama. The Fleet After the Alabama. Who is Semmes? His Right Hand Man Maffit. Affairs at Savannah. Iron Clad Rebel Steamer Fingal. Trouble With the Slaves. Important Emancipation Meeting of Clergymen in New York. Affairs in Mexico. The French Troops in a Bad Way. France Purchasing Material of War...  

The New York Times, May 27, 1863

8 pages. THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG. No Late News Received by the Government. Another Line of Defences Discovered in the Rear of the City. They Are to be Taken by Storm. An Intercepted Dispatch from Jeff Davis. Aid Promised to the Vicksburgh Garrison. Gen. Grant Confident of Success. Reported Capture of Yazoo City. Destruction of the Warrenton Battery. Dispatch From Admiral Porter. Rebel Reports From Vicksburgh. Threatened Invasion of the North. The War to be Transferred to the Loyal States. FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Important Orders Issued by Gen....  

The New York Times, September 12, 1863

8 pages. INTERESTING FROM REBELDOM. Details of the Operations at Charleston. A Narrow Escape For Fort Sumter. Some Advice to Peace Democrats. How they can Best Aid their Allies in the South. Meeting of the Virginia Legislature. Message of Governor Lechter. Negro Soldiers. GEN. GILLMORE'S SUCCESSES. Details of Operations to Noon of Monday Last. The Alleged Repulse of Our Forces from Fort Gregg. Two Day's Bombardment of the Rebel Batteries. They Succumb to the Hot, Rapid and Devastating Fire. Morris Island in Full Possession of Our Forces. Nineteen Pieces...  

The New York Times, May 2, 1863

FROM GEN. HOOKER'S ARMY. Rumors of a Battle and a Victory. Interesting Details of Movements Since Monday Morning. The Rappahannock Crossed Both Above and Below Fredericksburgh. No Serious Opposition by the Rebels. Skirmishing and Capture of Rebel Pickets. The Casualties Among Our Forces. From the South. Passage of the Batteries at Vicksburgh. Department of the Gulf. Gen. Banks' Semi Official Report of his Operations in the Teche Country. The Rebel Army and Navy Destroyed. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Immense Sales of Government Five-Twenties. Over Forty Five...  

The New York Times, March 14, 1865

8 pages. SHERIDAN'S CIRCUIT. Occupation of Columbia in the Rear of Richmond. Richmond in Danger. Sweeping Destruction of Lee's Communications. The Isolation of Lynchburgh. The Railroad East of that City Torn Up and the Bridges Burned. The Kanawha Canal Demolished. Immense Destruction of Canal Boats and Supplies. Capture of Fourteen Pieces of Artillery. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Bad Weather and Worse Roads. Execution of Deserters. Review in the Second Corps. Visit of Lieut. Gen. Grant. NORTH CAROLINA. Official Dispatch From Schofield. Good News from the Old...  

The New York Times, April 24, 1863

8 pages. IMPORTANT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI. How the Vicksburgh Batteries were Passed by Admiral Porter's Vessels. Full Details From Our Special Correspondent. Eight Gunboats and Two Transports Below Ready For Service. Destruction of the Rebel Battery at Warrenton. General Steele's Expedition Down Deer Creek. Pursuit and Rout of Ferguson's Guerrillas. Immense Spoils Secured. A Thousand Mules, Horses and Beef Cattle; a Thousand Negroes, Seventy Thousand Pounds of Sugar, and Four Thousand Pounds of Bacon. IMPORTANT REBEL NEWS. Destruction of the Rebel Steamers...  

The New York Times, March 24, 1865

8 pages. SOUTHERN NEWS. A Weak Attempt to Cheer the Southern Heart. Lee Reports a Doubtful Victory for Johnston. The Rebel Papers Make the Most of It. Sheridan's Magnificent Raid. The Richmond Press Acknowledge it's Destructive Character. Sherman's Movements. Negro Soldiers. First Parade of the First Company of Slave Troops. IMPORTANT FROM MOBILE. Gen. Canby's Force Near the City. The Grand Attack Expected this Week. Reconnoissance by our General Officers. They Approach Within Four Miles of the Place. Heavy Fire Upon Them by the Rebel Batteries. Rebel...