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 of the Valley of the Mississippi may indeed render material aid by converting all the lead piping and house roofing they can possibly spare into bullets to be aimed at our wickedly impelled invaders. Only by lead and steel wielded by men resolute and bent on independence can our homes be now defended. Fighting on the Virginia Peninsula. Letter from a prisoner. The First Session of the Confederate Congress. Numerous recruiting ads for soldiers and sailors. Military bounty ads. Reward ads for Confederate deserters. Reward ads for runaway negroes. And much, much more. An excellent Shiloh issue! Evenly age toned. Small chipping at the left edge of the paper where it was once bound. The folio sheets separate when you open the paper which is very usual for previously bound issues. Small fold split has been repaired with archival document tape. There are no holes and overall this newspaper is in very fine condition.

Footnote: Confederate newspapers from New Orleans are quite rare. The Crescent City was seized by Admiral Farragut on April 25, 1862, with the formal surrender occuring on April 29th. Shortly afterwards General Benjamin F. Butler occupied the city, and it remained in Federal hands for the remainder of the war. Confederate issues therefore are limited to a brief 16 month period, from the secession of Louisiana in January 1861, to the capture of New Orleans in late April 1862.