1861-1865

Header Record

Title: Newspapers (mostly union) reporting events during the war

Mostly NYC and Boston

GLC08429

26 May 1865

Newspaper

Title: The Republic. [Vol.1, no. 15 (May 26, 1865)]

Published by Walker & Lewellen at an office in Bosher Hall at the southwest corner of 9th and Main in Richmond. Tag line below masthead says: "No North, No South, No East, No West - Our Whole Country." Appears to be an occupation newspaper with a pro-Northern bent. Front page has: article titled "Adjournment of the Committee on the Conduct of the War," printing of General Nathan Bedford Forrest's farewell to his troops from 9 May 1865, and update on imprisonment of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Vice President Alexander H. Stephens. Small tidbits of news from various places…

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19 April 1861

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Newspaper

Title: Liberator. [Vol. XXXL, no. 16 (April 19, 1861)]

Announces "Civil War Begun. Fort Sumter Captured. The Federal Capital in Danger. Thousands of Troops Mustering. The North United At Last." Includes proclamations by the President, official correspondence regarding the surrender of Fort Sumter, details on the fighting, articles on the coming conflict, and opinion pieces attacking the South and calling for abolition.

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15 August 1862

Newspaper

Title: New-York tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6666 (August 15, 1862)]

Contains speech of Lincoln on the colonization of blacks plus news of General Pope's army.

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3 June 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 1776 (June 3, 1862)]

Richmond battle with map

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11 April 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 17, no. 1761 (April 11, 1862)]

position at Yorktown with map

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18 March 1861

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: New York herald. [Whole no. 8956 (March 18, 1861)]

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14 March 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 17, no. 1753 (March 14, 1862)]

Battle of Monitor and Merrimac, news of Texas and Arkansas.

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21 December 1860

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol.19, no. 1625 (December 21, 1860)]

Articles beginning on page four detail the proceedings of the South Carolina secession convention and the adoption of the ordinance of secession. Also prints the results of secession votes in other states like Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, etc. Other news includes the proceedings of Congress, public postings, advertisements. Uncut.

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9 November 1860

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 16, no. 1613 (November 9, 1860)]

Front page article announces that South Carolina will call a secession convention. Also contains news on the results of the election of 1860 listed by state. On page two there is a reprinted letter sent to Frederick Douglass by a white man stating he is willing to marry Douglass' daughter for $15,000 or $20,000. Douglass' reply refusing the man's offer is also printed. Also printed are excerpts from Framley Parsonage, a book by Anthony Trollope and a sermon by Henry Ward Beecher titled, Religion and Politics. Other news includes local New York news, international news, information on the…

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27 November 1863

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 19, no. 1931 (November 27, 1863)]

News from General Grant.

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2 September 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6681 ( September 2, 1862)]

map of Peninsular Campaign

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19 September 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 1807 (September 19, 1862)]

news from Maryland

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February 13, 1862

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: The New York Herald. [Whole no. 9286 (February 13, 1862)]

Operations at Roanoke Island, South Carolina with maps.

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6 January 1863

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 1838 ( January 6, 1863)]

Murfreesboro

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22 September 1863

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 19, no. 1912 (September 22, 1863)]

News from South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana.

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25 October 1862

Francis, J.M., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: The Troy Daily Times [Vol. 12, no. 104 (October 25, 1862)]

News summaries of war.

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29 August 1862

Newspaper

Title: The Troy daily press. [Vol. 1 (August 29, 1863)]

Fort Sumter's surrneder, Pemberton's death

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14 April 1865

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: The New York daily tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7495 (14 April 1865)]

Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in detail. Includes an account of the events leading up to the surrender and the terms of the surrender. Publishes articles on the dawn of peace, reconstruction, the Battle of Fort Sumter 12-13 April 1861, and other news surrounding the surrender and end of the Civil War. Includes an article on the proposed exploration of the North Pole. Other articles detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements, and public announcements. Issue is uncut.

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13 April 1861

Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869

Newspaper

Title: New York times. [Vol. X, no. 2983 (April 13, 1861)]

The front page of this issue is a drawing of the commanding officers at Fort Sumter, less than a month before an attack on the fort would begin the hostilities of the Civil War. The news focuses on the Union forts that have already been turned over to the South and on Sumter, where a stalemate is underway. There is an illustration of a steam boat. The issue also contains a number of chapters from Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" in their earliest American publication. The story is accompanied by a number of illustrations by John McLenan. Duplicate of GLC04661.06.

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7 November 1860

Hawley, Joseph R., 1826-1905

Newspaper

Title: Hartford Evening Press. [Vol. 5, no. 265 (November 7, 1860)]

Eagle banner print of Lincoln's victory in the 1860 election. "Let the eagle scream!" Gives election results by state. Also contains public postings and advertisements.

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16 August 1864

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 19, no. 2006 (August 16, 1864)]

Farragut's victory at Mobile.

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27 December 1864

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 19, no. 2044 (December 27, 1864)]

capture of Savannah

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1813-1865

Newspaper

Title: 12 miscellaneous newspapers re: Nat Turner, slavery, Lincoln, War of 1812

GLC08430

10 September 1831

Ives, William B., fl. 1800-1831

Newspaper

Title: Salem observer. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 10, 1831)]

Includes a brief description of the aftermath of Nat Turner's Rebellion: "...the insurgents are all taken and killed, except Nat Turner, the leader, after whom there is a warm pursuit... the troops will be discharged shortly... the number of prisoners amounts to fifty-eight." Sixty whites, and as many as 100 blacks, were killed during the rampage. Turner was capture, tried, convicted and executed. Ives was an abolitionist. Among the other reports: John Quincy Adams's eulogy on James Monroe, and commentary on the upcoming presidential election.

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