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20 April 1864
William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 44 (April 20, 1864)]
General Forrest's official report on the capture of Fort Pillow.
GLC05959.72.088
29 April 1864
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 52 (April 29, 1864)]
The coming campaign to capture Richmond - The situation and preparations, Capture of an ironclad, The Fort Pillow Affair - Lincoln has promised retaliation by putting to death our men at his hands - Tales of the most horrible massacre and butchery...
GLC05959.72.095
19 May 1864
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 69 (May 19, 1864)]
General Breckinridge's victory at New Market, Reported Surrender of Bank's Army, Fort Pillow - The Defenses of Mobile.
GLC05959.72.106
21 January 1865
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, (January 21, 1865)]
The fall of Fort Fisher, Letter by Admiral David Porter, Peace Resolutions Yankee Congress, General Sherman's Freed Men, Resignation of James A. Seddon, Secretary of War.
GLC05959.72.122
July 1861
Bagby, George William, 1828-1883
Southern literary messenger. [Vol. 33, no. 1 (July)]
A magazine devoted to Literature, Science and Art. Exile and Empire The true question: A contest for the supremacy of race Conrad Clifford. Gan-Eden Juggernaut
GLC05959.75.01
25 April 1861
Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 45 (April 25, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page is filled with military notices and advertisements for men to volunteer for various units. Copy of Robert Anderson's dispatch to Secretary of War Simon Cameron after the fall of Fort Sumter. Telegraphed updates...
GLC05960.02.12
18 July 1863
Hardie, James A., 1823-1876
[Receipt of pay pertaining to Captain Charles H. Whittelsey, Assistant Adjutant General]
Charles H. Whittelsey signs, confirming that he received $56.53 from J. Harper, paymaster, for his service from 18- 31 May 1863. Walter Mitchell is listed as Whittelsey's black servant. James A. Hardie signs an attached paper, attesting that...
GLC02878.04.02
10 December 1864
Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865
The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 158 (December 10, 1864)]
Reports of from the 2nd Session of the 2nd Confederate Congress -- both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Also, reports on the state legislature of Virginia -- both the House of Delegates and the Senate. Tidbit on an explosion at the...
GLC05959.80.02
11 January 1865
The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 179 (January 11, 1865)]
Note in pencil above masthead says "Brought from Libby prison by S. Moore Finley" while the back has pencil signature "S. M. Finley." News from the front, including an update from outside Richmond where "It is said that the enemy have one corps of...
GLC05959.80.03
27 January 1865
The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 195 (January 27, 1865)]
This item is two internal pages from the newspaper; no front page. Article on Hemma Micco, aka John Jumper, a Seminole Indian chief who became a colonel in the Confederate Army. Notes from the Virginia state legislature session and the Confederate...
GLC05959.80.04
29 November 1862
The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 36, no. 201 (November 29, 1862)]
From the "Chicago Times," a report of the Congressional returns from the North. Report from the "Galveston News" on the Bombardment of Port Lavacca. Update on "The Siutation in Tennessee." Report that the Army of the Potomac under General George...
GLC05959.80.05
24 March 1864
The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 36, no. 96 (March 24, 1864)]
Proclamation of Jefferson Davis for a day of fasting and prayer. Article on the reorganization of the Maryland Line. Article titled "Charleston Impregnable from the Sea Approaches," which states "Charleston will not be taken from the sea approaches...
GLC05959.80.07
28 June 1864
The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 27 (June 28, 1864)]
Update on the situation around Petersburg from the "Petersburg Express." Report on military activity in the Shenandoah Valley from the "Lynchburg Republican." Article on the rise of gold prices in the North. News of the movement of General Philip...
GLC05959.80.08
22 April 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 42 (April 22, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Three columns of local military news on front page. Story about a local abolitionist, John Pike, who was arraigned before the New Orleans mayor -- he was released since no one would appear against him. It is believed he...
GLC05960.02.09
23 April 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 43 (April 23, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page article says the Confederacy has seized Harper's Ferry. Account of the capture of the steamship "Star of the West." Local news says "Abolition Sympathsizers to be Looked After." The meeting named ex-Brigadier...
GLC05960.02.10
24 April 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 44 (April 24, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Only has first 4 pages of the usual 8 pages per issue. Article titled "Affairs at Norfolk," reports that Norfolk Navy yard is being evacuated and several ships scuttled to keep them out of enemy hands. Short item...
GLC05960.02.11
10 October1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no.187 (October 10, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Only first 2 pages of the usual 8 page issue. Several columns of military notices and requests for volunteers. Description of the night attack on Santa Rosa Island in Florida. 1000 Confederate troops surprised a New York...
GLC05960.02.13
June 1861
Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865
Southern cultivator [Vol. 19, no. 6 (June 1861)]
Co-edited with C.W. Howard. Consists of 30 pages for the magazine with 32 pages of advertisements -- 16 pages before getting to the magazine and 16 pages after the magazine. This issue is paginated 170-200. Tagline below masthead says "Devoted...
GLC08496.02
8 February 1865
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 205, whole no. (February 8, 1865)]
Mexico offering friendship & hospitality to Confederate officers, Rebels blew up Fort Cartswell, Sherman is to partition Sea Islands abandoned by the rebels to the negroes.
GLC05959.54.30
13 February 1865
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 208, whole no. 4826 (February 13, 1865)]
The new negro bill.
GLC05959.54.31
17 March 1865
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 153, whole no. 3884 (March 17, 1865)]
Abstract of Governor Brown's message, The fall of Fort Fisher, Condition of the slaves stolen by Sherman.
GLC05959.54.40
22 March 1865
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 155, whole no. 3886 (March 22, 1865)]
Dispatches regarding the defeat & capture of General Early by Sheridan, Sherman in Fayetteville, NC, Guerrillas active in Kentucky, 25,000 loyal blacks being organized into regiments by Sherman.
GLC05959.54.42
21 April 1865
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 12, whole no. 3899 (April 21, 1865)]
The negro soldeier, Linocln's religious habits, Rebellion.
GLC05959.54.53
14 October 1861
J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 87 (October 14, 1861)]
General McClellan's Latest Orders, General Fremont Hailed as Chief of the Abolitionists, Official Report of General Jackson, The Tretreat of Rosecrans - Full Particulars.
GLC05959.56.086
circa 1861
Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861
In Memory of Col. Ellsworth, of N.Y. Fire Zouaves, Assassinated, May 24th 1861
Published by H. De Marson at 54 Chatham Street in New York. Hand-colored song sheet with draped American flags flowing down the sides. At the bottom left corner is an image of a Zouave and at the bottom right corner is the image of a slave dressed in...
GLC03617.05
A Voice from Ellsworth
Dedicated to the New-York Fire-Zouaves. Published by H. De Marsan at 54 Chatham Street, New York. Has same image of flags drapping the sides as well as an image of a Zouave and a black slave that is at GLC03617.05, except this version is not hand...
GLC03617.08
Hudson, A.L., fl. 1861
Ellsworth's Avengers
Published by J. Wrigley at 27 Chatham Street in New York. Marked No. 844 at the top. Sung to the tune of "Annie Lisle." That song is an 1857 ballad by Boston, Massachusetts songwriter H. S. Thompson. The song is about the death of a young maiden, by...
GLC03617.10
13 May 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 25, whole no. 3678 (May 13, 1863)]
Letters from Shreveport, Galveston. Raid on the Southern Railroad. Yankee conscript acts. Prisoners of Camp Douglas. Fugitive slave ad.
GLC05959.51.071
15 May 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 26, whole no. 3679 (May 15, 1863)]
Letter to the editor questions who is responsible for the depreciation of currency. Reoccupation of the Rio Grande. News from the North, with an editorial about Northern appreciation. The Louisiana retreat. Fugitive slave ad.
GLC05959.51.072
18 May 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 27, whole no. 3680 (May 18, 1863)]
News from Beaumont, Louisiana. Battle of the Teche. Editorial on the federal raid in Mississippi. Judge Cleary of California. Free Negroes. Letter from Brownsville.
GLC05959.51.073
25 May 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 30, whole no. 3683 (May 25, 1863)]
News from Louisiana about the enemy evacuating. Letters from Shreveport, Gen. Henry E. McCulloch. The Constitution versus expediency. The new tax bill. Slave for sale ads.
GLC05959.51.074
29 June 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 45, whole no. 3698 (June 29, 1863)]
Letter defending abolition. Letter from P. Murrah, candidate for Texas governor. Yankees at Yazoo City. Ad for slave sales. Support for Honorable Peter W. Gray, candidate for Congress. Fund for Hood's brigade. General Pemberton.
GLC05959.51.081
6 July 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 48, whole no. 3701 (July 6, 1863)]
Details of execution at Franklin. Poem to Stonewall Jackson. List of casualties in the 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry. Ad for slave sales. Editorial on the affairs at Vicksburg. General Taylor's victories.
GLC05959.51.082
30 September 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 83 (September 30, 1863)]
Circular, office of quartermaster. Fugitive slave ad. The Russio-Lincoln alliance. Letter from the Rangers. General Wharton and his officers. Some of the beauties of subjugation. On necessity paper.
GLC05959.51.088
2 October 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 84 (October 2, 1863)]
Letter to the editor on opening the courts. Mr. Toombs on currency. Fugitive slave ads. Editorial on more tax instructions. Mexico and Texas. Late reconnaissance up the James River. Feeling in New Orleans. On necessity paper.
GLC05959.51.089
14 October 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 89, whole no. 3744 (October 14, 1863)]
Ads for conscription substitutes. Notice on transmission of mail across the Mississippi. The Fordoche fight. Judge Oldham's speech. Editorial on finances, including discussion of cotton. Letter to the sheep farmers of Texas. Fugitive slave ad.
GLC05959.51.090
21 October 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 92, whole no. 3747 (October 21, 1863)]
General orders from Texas state headquarters. Deserter notices. Fugitive slave ads. Slave sale ads. Resolutions from a barbecue honoring Hon. A.M. Branch in Huntsville. Relations with France. News from the battlefield.
GLC05959.51.091
9 November 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 100, whole no. 3755 (November 9, 1863)]
Victory at Alexandria, with 600 prisoners captured. Message of Gov. Lubbock about the military board, the frontier, the penitentiary, government officials, the impressment law, refugees with slaves, various state asylums, state finances, with an...
GLC05959.51.093
27 November 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 108, whole no. 3763 (November 27, 1863)]
Circular to Texas citizens. Letter from the Rangers. Editorial on trans-Mississippi couriers. News from Alexandria, the West, and the legislature. Ads for slave sales.
GLC05959.51.095
11 December 1863
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 114, whole no. 3769 (December 11, 1863)]
News from the front, Arkansas, Missouri, Shreveport, Memphis, Alexandria. Notice to Negro owners. Editorial on the impressment schedule. The hog question. Banks on the Rio Grande. Canadian journal on the war.
GLC05959.51.098
15 January 1864
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 129, 3784 (January 15, 1864)]
Proposed plan of pacification. Sketches of Quantrell's men: Lieutenant Taylor. Resources of Southern fields and forests. Letter from Mexico. Editorial about Negroes in troops. Indigo. News from the front.
GLC05959.51.106
28 November 1864
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 175, whole no. 3839 (November 28, 1864)]
Letter by General Lee to General Grant & Grant to Lee, concerning treatment of negro soldiers, President Lincoln in forthcoming message will recommend the abolition of slavery.
GLC05959.54.10
24 February 1864
The Houston daily telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864)]
Rangers in east Tennessee. Planting cotton. Habeas corpus. Fugitive slave ads.
GLC05959.55.02
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 94 (April 20, 1864)]
Official dispatch from Jamor-General Forrest to General S. Cooper regarding the capture of Fort Pillow, Report of the capture of Fort Pillow.
GLC05959.56.159
20 May 1864
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 120 (May 20, 1864)]
The War in Virginia, Notes of Sheridan's Raid around Richmond, The Fort Pillow.
GLC05959.56.169
22 July 1864
Smith, Bailey & Co. (publishers)
The Sentinel. [Vol. 2, no. (July 22, 1864)]
General Order issued by the Governor of Massachusetts recruiting volunteers and Negro's in Rebel States, General Johston and his removal from the command of the Army of Tennessee, Hunter's Disastrousretreat, Major Preston killed in action.
GLC05959.57.17
12 August 1864
The Sentinel. [Vol. 2, no. (August 12, 1864)]
Entire Rebel Force evacuate Maryland's side of the Potomac, Enemy crossing at Williamsport 6 to 8 thousand strong, Eighth Virginia Cavalry burn Chambersburg - Jubal Early's Raid, The 4th of August to be a day of Fast, A Proclamation by Lincoln, The...
GLC05959.57.19
27 August 1863
The Record. [Vol. 1, no. 11 (August 27, 1863)]
Prices in Northern States and Confederate States in Comparison, Letter from Confederate Senator Henry Triscott to a Union Senator, Resources of the South, Number of Livestock and Slaves and the Value of Each.
GLC05959.58.03
30 January 1864
Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 18 (January 30, 1864)]
Letter by General James Longstreet, Negro Troops in the Mississippi Valley, Victory of the First Battle of Manassas.
GLC05959.61.05
15 December 1863
Staunton spectator. [Vol. 40, no. 29 (December 15, 1863)]
General Orders Published by General Imboden and Cooper, Our Losses at the Battle of Chattanooga, Lincoln's Message Stating that he will not attempt to retract or modify his Emancipation Proclamation and that he will not return to slavery.
GLC05959.65.04
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