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Southern Confederacy.

Most issues 4 pages. Scattered issues 1861; most issues 1862 and 1863. Issue dated 12/8/1862 should be 12/9. Some issues with Tennessee Historical Society stamp (deaccessioned).

GLC05959.09

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 1, no. 100, (June 9, 1861)]

Speech of Honorable Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia in reply to Lewis D. Cambell of Ohio. This speech was delivered on January 15, 1855 in the United States House of Representatives. Includes general advertisements,

GLC05959.09.001

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 1, no. 161, (August 22, 1861)]

Lincoln Appoints a Day of Fasting and Prayer, Bill to Admit Missouri into Confederacy Passed by Congress, Letter from Mr.Magraw of Pennsylvania. Miscellaneous advertisements for dentistry, confectionaries, drugs and medicines, food.

GLC05959.09.002

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 1, No. 166, (August 28, 1861)]

Subjects include Peace Convention - State of Kentucky, Letter from Cobb's Legion, Battle of Manassas Hard on Lincoln. Miscelleanous advertisements throughout issue.

GLC05959.09.003

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 1, No. 225, (November 6, 1861)]

Victory at Leesburg, Article on General W.H.T. Walker, Election Ticket for Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice-President. Miscellaneous advertisements throughout issue.

GLC05959.09.004

Southern Confederacy. (January 2, 1862)

Subjects include European politics towards the South, Losses at Fredericksburg, Skirmishing on the Chickasaw Bayou.
2 Pages Only - Incomplete. Unclear what the volume and no. are. Includes runaway slave reward notices and miscellaneous advertisements...

GLC05959.09.005

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 18, (March 6, 1862)]

Correspondence Between Governor Brown & General Toombs, A Call for Editors of Newspapers in the Confederate States. "The Monopoly and Extortion Bill," which is "An Act to present, during the existing War, Monopolies, Extortions and Speculation in...

GLC05959.09.006

Southern Confederacy. (April 8, 1862)

Article titles include: The New Jersey Peace Resolutions, Northern Dispatches, Yankee Letters, The Provision Question, Episcopal Election, Our Special Port Hudson Correspondence, Letter from the Rio Grand, Special Correspondence of the Southern...

GLC05959.09.007

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 60, (April 24, 1862)]

The Battle of Pea Ridge, "The Big Battle on the Peninsula," and The Battle of Shiloh are discussed. Capture of Island No.10 is also discussed. The Conscription Bill is printed. Proclomation by Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States on...

GLC05959.09.008

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 62, (April 26, 1862)]

Article on Speculators and Extortionists, Correspondence from the Cumberland Gap, A Conscription Bill Entitled An Act to Further Provide for the Public Defense by the Confederate Congress. Also includes exceptions to the conscription bill on the...

GLC05959.09.009

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 65, (May 1, 1862)]

Includes a printing of the Conscription Bill and exceptions to the Conscription Bill. The Battle of Shiloh is discussed.. Includes General Sherman's report from the field on April 8, 1862. Includes an undated address from General Beauregard. Tears...

GLC05959.09.010

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 66, (May 2, 1862)]

Conscription Bill is printed, along with exceptions under the Conscription Bill. The Fall of Fort Pulaski is discussed, as well as the approach of Yankees at Bridgeport. Miscellaneous advertisements and land sale advertisements spread throughout

GLC05959.09.011

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 67, (May 3, 1862)]

Subjects include the Siege of New Orleans, Rebel Funeral at Lexington, Kentucky, 10th Georgia Regiment and Calls for Volunteers for the War. Large tear in the center of issue. Miscellaneous advertisements throughout.

GLC05959.09.012

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 68, (May 4, 1862)]

Includes correspondence from Texas Rangers at the Battle of Shiloh, dated April 19, 1862. Includes descriptions of Commodore Farragut, Nickajack, and Corinth. Miscellaneous advertisements throughout. Issue has archival tape in several places.

GLC05959.09.013

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 69, (May 6, 1862)]

Subjects include: Recruits Wanted for a Band of Partisan Rangers, Freed enslaved individuals, General Beauregard's Intercepted Dispatch from the Battle of Corinth, General Lovell of New Orleans. Signed in pencil on top. Miscellaneous advertisements...

GLC05959.09.014

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 72, (May 9, 1862)]

Subjects include the Georgia Military Institute, The Confederate Ironclad Virginia, and a Defense of President Davis Against Objections. There are miscellaneous advertisements throughout the issue, including a recruitment ad for partizan rangers...

GLC05959.09.015

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 77, (May 15, 1862)]

Subjects include the Death of Colonel Gibbons, Regulations Concerning Substitutes in the Confederate Army, and Navy Prisoners of War. Micellaneous advertisements for food and goods throughout issue. Pages are no longer bound due to age.

GLC05959.09.016

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 78, (May 16, 1862)]

Subjects include: Salt Springs in Georgia, and How to Find Them, The Manufacture of Saltpetre. Details The Battle of Shiloh, printing General Beauregard's official report. Miscellaneous advertisements for goods and services throghout issue. Pages no...

GLC05959.09.017

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 79, (May 18, 1862)]

Details the "Latest from Fort Pillow," a Confederate victory where "our cotton boats victorious." Miscellaneous advertisements for goods and services throughout the issue. Slave wanted ad posted on second page. Pages partially bound together and held...

GLC05959.09.018

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 84, (May 24, 1862)]

Includes descriptions of General Price and His Missouri Troops at the Battle of Corinth, and General Butlers Famous Proclamation Against the Ladies of New Orleans. Includes miscellaneous advertisements for goods and services, including a wanted ad...

GLC05959.09.019

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 85, (May 25, 1862)]

Subjects include the Battalion of Partisan Rangers for Immediate Service, an Explanation of the Affair at Bridgeport, Tennessee, and the Kentucky Rising Against the Union. Miscellaneous advertisements for goods and services throughout the issue...

GLC05959.09.020

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 86 (May 27, 1862)]

Includes articles about the Escape of General Morgan's Men, the Proposition of the Northern Government for Exchange of Prisoners, and the Southern Feeling and Spirit in Baltimore. Miscellaneous advertisements throughout issue for goods and services...

GLC05959.09.021

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 87 (May 28, 1862)]

Subjects include: "Hang Together or Hang Separately - Louisville Journal Rebels in Kentucky", "Latest News from Vicksburg", "General Mitchell Preparing to Ascend the Tennessee River to Take Chattanooga and Knoxville." Advertisements throughout issue...

GLC05959.09.022

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 92 (June 3, 1862)]

Subjects include military Movements Near Pensacola, and Movements in Tennessee. There is a notice on the second page advising: "citizens owning plantations on the Stono, Wadmalaw, and Pon Pon Rivers, and all other points in this Military District...

GLC05959.09.023

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 93 (June 4, 1862)]

Army Correspondence from the Battle of Corinth, dated May 26, 1862. Advertisements for land, food, and miscellaneous goods throughout the issue. Large tears on document. Runaway slave notice on second page.

GLC05959.09.024