THE DAILY JOURNAL, WILMINGTON, N.C., MAY 16, 1861

4 pages. Major W.H.C. Whiting, C.S.A. serving as the A.I.G., State of North Carolina. An Act to Raise an Additional Military Force for the War Adopted by the Confederate Congress. An Act Vesting Certain Powers in the Postmaster General, C.S.A. Roman Catholicism and Slavery to be Destroyed. From Mahan's Tactics on Field Fortifications; the Effect of Musketry and Artillery, and the Means of Directing Their Fire to Obtain the Best Results. Tarket Practice of Small Arms. Table of Effects of Fire on a Target. Numerous Military Recruits Wanted Advertisements....  

RICHMOND WHIG AND PUBLIC ADVERTISER, MARCH 13, 1863

Richmond, Va. 4 pages. Stories: Confederate Citizenship. Reports From Confederate Congress; The Senate and House of Representatives. The Impressment Bill. The Captured Steamer Indianola. Destructive Fire. Report of The General Assembly of Virginia. General Sterling Price. Capture of a Yankee Brigadier General By Mosby. Yankee Advertisements. The Origin of Impressments. Confederate Finances. Runaway Slave Ads, and more. Misstrike on part of the last column of the back page. Age toning and wear.

THE DAILY JOURNAL, WILMINGTON, N.C., JULY 26, 1861

1st Battle of Manassas!

4 pages. Confederate States of America in the date line! Front page announcement for the firm of Southerland & Coleman, in the business of buying and selling NEGRO SLAVES. Advertisements for military books, drums, and fifes. Excellent account of the 1st Battle of Manassas. Other military news, notices, and advertisements. Runaway Slave Reward advertisement, and much more. Excellent condition. Rare early Confederate North Carolina newspaper with Confederate States of America in the dateline!

CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER, MARCH 25, 1862

Charleston, S.C., Confederate States of America. 4 pages. The Enemy's Movements in Hampton Roads. Large Congregation of Vessels and Troops. The Naval Fight in Hampton Roads. The Fight at Island No. 10. A Great Battle Imminent. The Duty of the Planter to His Family, Society and His Country. The Battle in the West. The Yankee Deserter. Signs From the Enemy. The Cotton Planters Convention. Message From Lincoln. The Torpedo. Military advertisements and notices. Ads for Substitutes. Numerous ads for slave auctions and slave sales. Much more. Very light wear...  

DAILY PROGRESS, NEWBERN, N.C., AUG. 7, 1861

2 pages. Address of Generals Beauregard and Johnston to the Army. War Items and Battle Incidents. The Yankee Officers Killed and Wounded. Look to the Coast. The Officers of the Winslow. Darkies Shooting Abolitionist. Lincoln's Congress. Bennett's Plan to Subjugate the South and End the War. McCullouch's Victory. More war news and military advertisements. Reward ad for the capture of murdering negroes. Runaway slave ad and much more. There is a small chip out of the top edge of the paper which does not affect any of the content. Light edge staining....  

WEEKLY STANDARD, RALEIGH, N.C., JULY 10, 1861

4 pages. Cost of the War. Death in the Camps. Power and Patronage of the Governor. 5th N.C. Regiment. Captain Ruffin's Cavalry. Colonel J. Johnston Pettigrew. Our North Carolina Boys. Our People Will Fight. Virginia Convention. War Rumors and Facts. Speech of Hon. John A. Gilmer. The True Southern Spirit. Confederate State Loan. Lincoln's Message. The State Convention. Organizing the Militia. Capture of Prize Vessels. Daring Exploits of the Baltimore Boys. Engagement at Mathias' Point. Depredations of the Enemy. Truth from Booneville; Ben McCullouch with...  

THE DAILY JOURNAL, WILMINGTON, N.C., APRIL 23, 1861

4 pages. Excellent, detailed account of the 1861 Baltimore Riots. Passage of Federal Troops Through Maryland Resisted by the People. Thrilling Account of the Scene. Barricading the Track. Troops Resolve to Brave the Storm. The Hirelings Greeted With a Volley of Stones. Baltimoreans Killed and Wounded. Hirelings Killed and Wounded. The Hirelings Bad Marksmen. Stones Better Than Bullets. Terrific Assault Upon the Hirelings. They Run For Their Lives. A Piteous Appeal For Mercy. Thousands Gathered at the Camden Station. Fearful...  

RICHMOND WHIG & PUBLIC ADVERTISER, APRIL 10, 1863

4 pages. The Fight Commenced at Charleston. Heavy Firing on Both Sides. The Yankee Frigate Ironsides Hit. Fort Sumter Uninjured. The Yankee Vessels Withdraw. Dispatches of General Beauregard. The Projected Attack on Charleston. News From Vicksburg. Anticipated Attack on Vicksburg. Destruction of Government Stores. Farragut's Movements. Renewal of the Attack on Port Hudson. Latest From Fredericksburg. Confederate Congress. The Whigs of Virginia. Relations of Maryland to the South. Arrest of Ladies in Baltimore. The Commissary Department. Numerous military...  

THE DAILY DELTA, NEW ORLEANS, MAY 24, 1862

General Beast Butler's Famous General Order #28 threatening the women of New Orleans!

2 pages. Excellent content issue with numerous orders issued by General Benjamin F. Butler among them the famous,

General Order #28:

Notice. Headquarters Department Of The Gulf. New Orleans, May 15, 1862. General Orders No. 28. As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women calling themselves ladies of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non interference and courtesy on our...  

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, OCTOBER 26, 1863

2 pages. News includes: The Retreat of Meade from the Rapidan to Manassas. Review of the Richmond Markets. Bragg's Army. Special Notice from C.S.A. Medical Purveyor's Office. City Intelligence. News from the Virginia Legislature; House of Delegates and Senate. Latest News From the North. Removal of Rosecrans. General Grant Given Chief Command of the Department of Mississippi. Rumors of Meade's Removal. The Situation in Virginia and Tennessee. The Situation at Chattanooga. Important Movements in Mississippi. Important From Europe. Rebel Rams Seized by the...  

THE DAILY DELTA, NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 22, 1862

Eyewitness accounts of the Monitor & Merrimac!

4 pages. The Monitor and the Merrimac and the defeat of the Cumberland, eyewirness accounts of the famous naval encounter between ironclads at Hampton Roads, Va. News of action at Island No. 10 on the Tennessee River. The Confederate States Zouaves, numerous Confederate military ads, and much, much more. Couple of very small edge tears. Very fine issue with rare Southern account of the Monitor & Merrimac!

Footnote: Confederate newspapers from New Orleans are quite rare. The...  

THE DAILY DELTA, NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 12, 1862

The Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

4 pages. Reports from the battle of Shiloh giving the details of both days of fighting. Front page coverage of the battle. Gens. Beauregard and Grant. List of casualties from the battle of Shiloh. The removal of the remains of Confederate General Albert S. Johnston from the battlefield. The defense of the Mississippi. Interesting Order From Thomas Jordan, A.A. Gen., Army of the Mississippi under heading, LEAD WANTED FOR THE ENEMY: Corinth, March 31, 1862. Gen. Beauregard instructs me to say that our countrymen...