Vicksburg 1863 Confederate Newspaper on WallPaper Civil War Early Reprint
This is an early (circa 1870 n- 1880) reprint of the July 2 1863 Vicksburg Daily Citizen newspaper, famous for being printed on wallpaper when supplies of regular newspaper were depleted during the Union siege. Printed on period wallpaper, and in good condition for its age.
From Library of Congress: The. Was edited and published in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by J. Like several other Southern newspapers of the Civil War period, its stock of newsprint paper became exhausted and the publisher resorted to the use of wallpaper.
On this substitute he printed the following known issues: June 16, 18, 20, 27, 30, and July 2, 1863. Each was a single sheet, four columns wide, printed on the back of the wallpaper.