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!

Historic issue published on the first day of the Union occupation!

2 pages. Forts Jackson and St. Philip regretfully have been surrendered. The gallant General Duncan arrives in the city as a prisoner of war. Mayor John T. Monroe's reply to Admiral Farragut concerning the surrender. Report of Farragut's troops arriving in the city to haul down the Confederate flags from City Hall, the U.S. Customs House and the U.S. Mint. General Mansfield Lovell's letter regarding the defense of the city. Great account of the troops marching into the city...  

The Capture of Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens

8 pages. Front page headlines: MAJ. ANDERSON PERMITTED TO DEPART. Southern Forces to Concentrate at Pickens. Lincoln Denounced by National Volunteers. Offer of Troops by Tennessee. Dispatch From Geo. N. Sanders. 100,000 Mercenary Soldiers Cannot Hold Pensacola. Fort Pickens Easily Conquered. State Sovereignry Recognized. New Orleans Takes the Whole Loan. Kentuck Sympathizers With the South. Articles and other headlines: The Surrender of Fort Sumter. The Confederate States Flag Over the Fort....  

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...  

The Historic Speech of Louisiana Senator Judah P. Benjamin and the Right of Southern Secession!

8 pages. The entire front page and more of this issue is devoted to the historic speech of Judah P. Benjamin, the right of Southern secession, what transpired between the President of the U.S. and the South Carolina delegation, and the excitement and support for the Southern States to secede from the Union! This paper is also filled with many very interesting advertisements including those selling negroes, various goods and services, land,...  

The Battle of Manassas and the great Confederate victory!

4 pages. Great front page headlines: BATTLE OF MANASSAS. Dispatch from President Davis to the Secretary of War. THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS, Reception of the News of the Victory! Louisiana at Manassas, more on the battle of Manassas. Order from Secretary of the Treasury, C.G. Memminger, concerning Confederate bonds. News from Europe; Liverpool Cotton Market. Gen. A.S. Johnston. Atrocities of the Invaders. There is a very interesting front page article titled, "Portrait of Old...  

FREE BLACK WOMAN IS ARRESTED FOR OUTRAGEOUS CRUELTY TO HER SLAVES!

4 pages. Extremely interesting front page slave story: Yesterday morning, Chief of Police McClelland arrested a colored hag named widow Hypolite Bourgonin, who has a small farm on Gentilly Road, about three miles from the city, together with a Frenchman named Ernest Metze, the overseer on the place, and several negroes, slaves of the above named colored woman. Complaint had been made by the neighbors of widow Bourgonin, that she was in the habit of treating her slaves in the...  

Fantastic account of the Merrimac's great naval victory at Hampton Roads, Virginia!!!

The Merrimac fights the Monitor!

...her scuppers were running blood and her works were a shapeless wreck...the deck of the Congress was literally covered with the dead and dying...as he went from fore to aft, his shoes were well nigh covered with blood and brains, arms, legs and heads were scattered in every direction, while here and there in the agonies of death, would be found poor deluded wretches, with their breasts torn...  

4 pages. Stories include: The End Not Yet. The New Georgia Senator. General Randolph. News From Fredericksburg. The Exchange of Prisoners at City Point. Atrocities of the Enemy. Governor Brown and the Georgia Militia. The Last Effort to Save the Union. Operations in Tennessee. Arrest of Two of General McClellan's Staff Officers. Depredations of Sigel's Troops. Message of Governor Vance of North Carolina. Currency and Financial news. The Late Senator William B. Preston. Lieutenant Colonel Doyles Fight with...  

2 pages. News includes: A Proclamation by the Governor of Virginia. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight. Arrest of Disloyal Persons at Baltimore. French Neutrality. News From Missionary Ridge, Gordonsville, and the Southwest. Reported Removal of Gen. Schenk. The Situation From Morris Island. Gen. Longstreet and His Troops. The General Assembly of Virginia, and much more. Very fine Confederate newspaper.