Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper

Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper
Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper
Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper
Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper
Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper
Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper
Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper

Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper

Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper. (Note: additional images are located below the description). Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE WILMINGTON DAILY HERALD, North Carolina, April 11, 1861. Civil War beginning (eve) Jefferson Davis proclamation Rare Confederate publication.

Wilmington was a major Atlantic Ocean port city for the Confederacy during the Civil War, and was one of the last ports to fall to Union forces in 1865. As such it was barricaded by Union forces during the war, but blockade runners had some success in getting supplies through. It is just 170 miles north of Charleston, where the Civil War began.

Neighboring South Carolina was the first state to leave the union in Dec. 1860, and although North Carolina did not officially secede until after the bombing of Fort Sumter its political sympathies were strongly with the South ever since talk of secession began. Note that this issue was printed the day before the bombing of Fort Sumter began. The front page is entirely taken up with ads besides the "Directory - State Government". Page 2 includes: What Does He Mean by It?

Questions Lincoln's intentions & includes. When a reckless & dangerous man, who has proclaimed that between you & him there is an'irrepressible conflict''draws a bead' on you with a rifle, says the Richmond Dispatch it is of course your duty to advance towards him i a polite & deferential manner & ask him what he means by it!

Ten to one, in each of these cases, he will assure you as Abe Lincoln does his Southern interrogators, that he means no harm whatever... Lincoln's Policy" "Major Holmes" "War which begins.

Treachery, stupidity and vacillation have marked the course of the present administration ever since it came into power. The steps it has taken recently have increased our disgust and contempt... (see); "Another Insult to Virginia" Complete in 4 pages and in excellent 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 46 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.


Rare Confederate Wilmington NC North Carolina Civil War Start 1861 old Newspaper


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