Swords, J. M., fl. 1863 Daily citizen. [July 2, 1863]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.20 Author/Creator: Swords, J. M., fl. 1863 Place Written: Vicksburg, Mississippi Type: Newspaper Date: 2 July 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : wallpaper : docket ; 48.5 x 31.4 cm. Order a Copy
The famous wallpaper issue with the "Note" added by Grant's soldiers in the last column. This issue has the banner title spelled correctly. (See also GLC 6043, the variant issue with misspelled masthead.) Docketed on verso, signed by Lt. Tom Custer, 1st Arkansas Colored Infantry. Note is written to "Charley," dated March 29, 1864. (Thomas M. Custer, formerly of the 124th Illinois, was recruiting for the 46th US Colored Troops. He joined the regiment as 1st Lieutenant in Jan. 1865. Copies of service files in collateral.) This is the rarest of all Vicksburg wallpaper editions, being the last Confederate newspaper issued in the city before it fell to Grant's army.
Includes information about Robert E. Lee as General of the Confederate armies and the plans to invade Vicksburg by Ulysses S. Grant as General of Union armies.
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