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Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (November 11, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.50.01 Author/Creator: Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Place Written: Knoxville, Tennessee Type: Newspaper Date: 11 November 1863 Pagination: 2 issues : 4 p. : Height: 59 cm, Width: 42.5 cm Order a Copy

Opening Statement on the reopening of the paper - against the Confederacy, Slidell lying in europe, Semmes the pirate, Traitor Slidell on Slavery, The Fugitive Slave Law, The Oath of Allegiance, Origin of army negroes, The rebellion a conspiracy. Two copies of the same issue.

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