Rare CONFEDERATE CAPITAL with Jefferson Davis & Shiloh Civil War 1862 VA Newspaper
Rare CONFEDERATE CAPITAL w/ Jefferson Davis & Shiloh Civil War 1862 VA Newspaper. (Note: additional images are located below the description). Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 11, 1862 From the capital of the Confederacy The front page is completely filled with ads while much of pages 2 & 3 have war-related reports. Included is the always interesting editorial, which begins. From every quarter comes the same news. The enemy are drawing their troops from the counties they have overrun... They are concentrating every regiment they can command on two points--Corinth and Richmond--and hope to decide the war by two stunning blows...
Other items include a letter signed in type by: G. Beauregard, "The Fort Donelson Prisoners in the North--List of Killed, Wounded & Sick" which takes 1 1/2 columns; "The Official Report of Flag Officer Buchanan of the Exploits of the Virginia" "The Battle of Shiloh--3000 Prisoners Taken" "Van Dorn at Corinth--The Prospect Ahead" "Interesting News From the Peninsula" "Who Planned the Virginia" "The Financial Policy of the Government" "and reports from: "The Confederate Congress among many other items.
Also, page 3 has a: "Proclamation" signed in type by the President of the Confederacy: Jefferson Davis, in which he extends martial law over Eastern Tennessee. Most of the back page is taken up with the printing of may Acts of Congress from the Confederacy. Four pages, never bound nor trimmed (desired), very nice condition. Please Note: All of our offerings are 100% authentic! We do not offer reprints or reproductions of any kind. They are guaranteed to be original! For this specific item, A U.The per-item additional cost for folders, portfolios, and presentation cases vary. We will still provide tracking and insure them at our expense. Please check with your country's. We have been dealers in rare newspapers for over 44 years, serve as consultants to multiple museums, and are members of the American Antiquarian Society. Timothy Hughes Rare Newspapers P.
Desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Newspapers". The seller is "timhu" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Item Number: 666668
- Content: Rare & Early collctible antique original newspaper