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1865/06/28
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no.7559 (June 28, 1865)]
Reports on the happenings of the Lincoln conspirators' trial for Tuesday, June 27, 1865.
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1861-1865
Newspapers (mostly union) reporting events during the war
Mostly NYC and Boston
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26 May 1865
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...
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19 April 1861
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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...
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15 August 1862
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
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 1776 (June 3, 1862)]
Richmond battle with map
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11 April 1862
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
New York herald. [Whole no. 8956 (March 18, 1861)]
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14 March 1862
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
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....
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9 November 1860
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...
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27 November 1863
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 19, no. 1931 (November 27, 1863)]
News from General Grant.
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2 September 1862
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6681 ( September 2, 1862)]
map of Peninsular Campaign
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19 September 1862
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 1807 (September 19, 1862)]
news from Maryland
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13 February 1862
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
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 1838 ( January 6, 1863)]
Murfreesboro
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22 September 1863
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
The Troy Daily Times [Vol. 12, no. 104 (October 25, 1862)]
News summaries of war.
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29 August 1862
The Troy daily press. [Vol. 1 (August 29, 1863)]
Fort Sumter's surrneder, Pemberton's death
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1864/05/09
Boston daily journal. [Vol. 31 no. 9635 (May 09, 1864)]
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1864/05/11
Boston journal. [Vol. 31, no. 9637 (May 11, 1864)]
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14 April 1865
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...
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1865/04/17
Hale, Charles, 1831-1882
Boston daily advertiser. [Vol. 105 no. 90 (April 17, 1865)]
Includes information surrounding the events of Lincoln's assassination and selected dispatches announcing Lincoln's death. Declares that John Wilkes Booth is undoubtedly the murderer. Announces that the funeral will take place on Wednesday, April...
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13 April 1861
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
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...
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7 November 1860
Hawley, Joseph R., 1826-1905
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
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 19, no. 2006 (August 16, 1864)]
Farragut's victory at Mobile.
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27 December 1864
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 19, no. 2044 (December 27, 1864)]
capture of Savannah
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1813-1865
12 miscellaneous newspapers re: Nat Turner, slavery, Lincoln, War of 1812
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10 September 1831
Ives, William B., fl. 1800-1831
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...
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1836/12/31
Kimball, Joseph Horace, 1813-1838
Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]
Anti-slavery, Civil War, Lincoln, War of 1812.
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1864/07/02
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 8, no. 392 (July 2, 1864)]
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17 September 1864
Harper's weekly. [Vol. VIII, no. 403 (September 19, 1864)]
Cover illustration entitled, "Harry Davis Capturing the Battle-Flag of the Thirtieth Louisiana Regiment, at the Battle of Ezra Church." Includes articles on General William T. Sherman, the presidential election of 1864, General George McClellan, and...
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24 January 1863
Harpers Weekly
[Newspaper printing of Army telegraph operators]
Images from Harper's Weekly.
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12 May 1869
New-York tribune. [Vol. 29, no. 8765 (May 12, 1869)]
Covering the Grant Administration's response to the Cuban insurrection.
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1813/09/15
Bronson, Enos, 1774-1823
United States gazette. [Vol. XIII, no. 1284 (September 15, 1813)]
Published by Enos Bronson & Elihu Chauncey from 1804-1818. Uncut newspaper covering various aspects of the War of 1812. Contains news from Paris and elsewhere in Europe as well as from around the United States. Contains reports on a naval...
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20 June 1861
Tyler, Wise, and Allegre, fl. 1860-1863
Richmond enquirer. [Vol. 58, no. 14 (June 20, 1861)]
Confederate States of America newspaper. Prints news on the Virginia secession convention, Civil War news, and Northern news. Also includes public postings and advertisements.
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1865/04/24
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7503 (April 24, 1865)]
Includes coverage of President Lincoln's funeral pageant from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and Jersey City to New York including an official program for the funeral train's stop in New York (page 8). Reports the escape of Jefferson Davis across the...
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21 April 1865
The New York tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7501 (April 21, 1865)]
Covers President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Reports on capturing the assassins, John Wilkes Booth, and on the funeral ceremonies being held in many cities and states. Includes an article on the disapproval of surrender terms...
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circa 1911
Goff, Albert H., fl. 1842-?
[Description of the Battle of Mobile Bay]
Goff served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer aboard the USS "Chickasaw" during the Battle of Mobile Bay. Looking back at age 69, Goff provides an account of the battle. Relates that the "Chickasaw," an ironclad monitor, was ordered to take a position...
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circa August 1861
Paris, George, fl. 1861
[Depicts the First Battle of Bull Run, or Manassas Plains, fought 21 July 1861]
Sketched in pencil and ink, with a later note describing Paris as a Mississippi soldier. Includes locations, camps, and positioning of troops. Inscribed on verso to George's mother Mary C. Paris.
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1864-1865
Items related to the Auditor's Office, Mississippi [Decimalized .01-.02]
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1864/07/15
Brown, Johnson, fl. 1864
to Maggie Reynolds
Written in pencil. Describes Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, part of Atlanta Campaign.
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1850
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery. [...] March 1850.
Original yellow paper cover, uncut.
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6 February 1865
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
[General orders no. 3: Appointing Robert E. Lee commander in chief]
Printed order by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General appointing Lee the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States.
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1864
Magee, James, 1802-1878
The Rally Cry of Freedom
Published by James Magee at 316 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Tune based on "Battle Cry of Freedom." Printed in blue and red. Image of pillars and an arch. Two soldiers guard the pillars. Underneath the space of the arch there is a scene of a...
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30 November 1803
Compton, Harry, fl. 1803
[Purchase of slave Kate and her three children by manumitted slave]
Legal document for the purchase of the slave Kate and her three children Ben, Caleb, and Nancy. The purchaser was "a free African" named Harry Compton, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and he left an "X" as his mark. It appears that Kate was Compton's...
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circa 1861
Cramer, J. A. S., fl. 1861
Six hundred thousand more
Song to the tune of "Blow ye Windy Morning." Seven stanzas. Song about coming to the aid of the Union. First stanza says: "We are coming Father Abraham, six hundred thousand more, / From Franklin's winding streams, and from Fulton as before; / We...
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circa 1863
The Draft! Full List of the Drafted in Bordentown Township
Lists men drafted into the army from Bordentown Township, New Jersey. Says "Three clergymen, Rev. J. Biggio, Rev. O.H. Hazard, and R. Julian, were among the lucky ones." List is divided into two sections. One section has no heading and the other's...
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11 January 1862
Beers, Otis, fl. 1862
[Draft notice for Lemuel J. Beardsley for state militia]
Notification that Beardsley has "been Drafted as a Member of the Active Militia of this State." Says the law gives him five days "to make your excuse to the Selectmen," in accordance with a law passed 3 July 1861. Signed by selectmen Otis Beers, S.P...
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16 March 1864
Smith, James Youngs, 1809-1876
[Proclamation from the Governor of Rhode Island]
Signed in type by Rhode Island Governor Smith. Co-signed in type by Rhode Island Secretary of State John R. Bartlett. Proclamation says a further draft of 200,000 men has been ordered by the president. Hopes the quota can be filled by voluntary...
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