Confederate newspaper

Daily Chronicle & Sentinel-Augusta Georgia

Strangely the front page is filled with literary articles and the back side of ads.  There is only one small mention of war news.

Central Georgian

Sandersville Georgia

The paper which measures 22 by 16 inches  has four pages of content.  The date is July 1, 1862.  Their are scattered heavy stains, a heavy mid fold that crumples part of the content.  When straightened out you can see some tears.  The edges of the paper are quite raggedy with large unsightly tears.  In one area the tear causes some loss of content.  There are deep tears on the second page border which has not affected any content although there are tears through one of the runaway slave ads.

The first and second page is taken up with war news and the third and fourth page mostly with ads.

I don't know what a restorer could do for the specimen but I think it would certainly be worth restoring.

Daily Federal Union

Milledgeville Georgia

Confederate Newspaper

http://onlineathens.com/stories/050609/oco_436707063.shtml#.V27cS7grIdU  

"Joseph Addison Turner and his Confederate newspaper The Countryman. The paper, published on Turner's Turnwold Plantation in Putnam County from 1862 to 1866, was widely circulated throughout the Confederate states during the Civil War."

"It was in Putnam County that a young Joel Chandler Harris, who gained fame for his "Uncle Remus" stories, began his career in writing as an apprentice at the newspaper."

"The New Georgia Encyclopedia states that Harris was hired at age 16 in 1862. "Under Turner's guidance and stern editing, Harris remained with the paper for its duration. He developed into an excellent literary composer and contributed a number of essays, poems, and book reviews to the paper himself," the encyclopedia reads".  

The paper has fiction articles, a short column relating to the President and Leaders of the Confederate States. There are one page plus advertisements involving the sale of Negroes, including one offering to pay the help.  There is also an ad where someone is seeking substitutes to fight.

There is a long column on the Battle and Cedar Hill and also a column on the casualities of the 19th Georgia Volunteers.  War news throughout the paper.  On the second page there is a long editorial on "Our Negroes", complaining that some are escaping and being armed by the Union forces. He is suggesting that all the slaves be rounded up and conscripted into the army holding menial jobs, of course.  The owners should be compensated by the loss of their slaves.

Unlike similar newspapers of the time, there are very few ads, including no slave ads.  The whole paper is taken up with war news.

This item will need to be mailed flat

This is a one page rag sheet, measuring 24 by 28 and a half inches. Folds and pinholes along the vertical fold and one small hole in another area which is about an inch and a half. affecting an ad.  

Optimistic ad for one seeking to "buy 100 Negroes"  Paying in Confederate currency or Georgia bank notes. Other ads seeking to sell their slaves and ads for runaway slaves. 

There is a very long listing of the casualties of the 69th Georgia Regiment and a shorter column for casualties of he 38th regiment.

Most of the other content relates to war news.

This is a rare example of the Confederate paper published in Macon.  It is dated August 4, 1864.  The paper opens up with four pages of content.  Wear to the folds and especially the the middle fold with small holes.  General wear and moderate overall foxing.  There is one runaway slave ad and some business ads on the last page but content about the war fills the pages.  There is a fairly lengthy account of the defense of of Macon, after Stonewall's raid by the Atlanta Wright Guards, Macon Armory and Arsenal under the command of Lt Col Mallett. 

Atlanta

Daily Intelligencer newspaper.

This is a rag paper with some wear in the middle of the middle fold, as expected.  The margins are wide so the ragged tears along all of the right edge only extend in one place to the content but just barely. See second scan.

Confederate newspaper

Memphis Daily Appeal Atlanta Georgia

"The Observer remained in publication until spring 1862. The paper reported: "When [Union troops] halted in front of our office, our workmen were busily engaged preparing the Observer of April 10th for the press. Of course, the establishment was closed without delay, and the present is the first opportunity we have had for completing the issue.” Consequently, page 1 of the paper is dated April 10, while pages 2, 3 and 4 are dated September 18, 1862: the date on which printing resumed and the paper was eventually published." 

I'm not clear when the paper resumed publication.  Fayetteville was a busy landing area for Union troops and must have been too busy to take over the paper.  The coverage in this issue is not clearly Union or Confederate, just the news obtained from Northern and Southern papers.  Again according to my research, the paper was finally suspended in July 1863 and did not resume until November 9, 1865.  It was certainly unusual that a Confederate paper was allowed to continue publication so I believe this issue to be quite rare.  

Large format, two double pages printed on November 19 1861. Full of early war articles. Minor wear that you might expect on a paper this old. Rag paper has been de-acidified and encapsulated.

Confederate newspaper

Note:   The Selma paper was purchased so only two papers are now availabe.

I am offering an extremely rare grouping of  (now) two issues of the famous and highly sought newspaper, the Chattanooga Daily Rebel Banner which was printed in four different cities during the war. The first issue offered was printed in Chattanooga, and the other two in Griffin Georgia and Selma Alabama as the presses were desperately moved to continue printing the newspaper that championed the Confederate cause. A history of this newspaper and its editor Franc M Paul will follow the description of the papers. Note: Paypal will not be accepted on this lot but arrangements for payments can be made. The first issue this issue is June 27, 1863, just a month before Paul had to begin his moves to escape federal occupation and loss of his paper. This is a single sheet paper and is in nice condition other than one pinhole at the middle fold and some stains. Encapsulated for safe handling and preservation purposes. War news and very interesting ads, runaway slaves, reward for a person making counterfeit notes, and ad for an AWOL reb soldier. The second issue is a single sheet dated July 30, 1864 from Griffin Georgia. It has also been encapsulated which has caused some reflections in the scan. Pinholes and some larger holes, the largest being around the size of a pencil eraser. Fold and excessive wear around the folds. Scattered foxing primarily along the folds. There is a brief next day report of a "great battle near Atlanta”. Other war news fill the paper along with some ads, including one saying "1500 Negro men wanted at once for teamsters in the Army of Tennessee…Impressment will be resorted to if the requisite number are not furnished within a few days.” elma Alabama after it had eluded the Federals by Moving from Chattanooga to Marietta, Ga, then to Griffin Ga and finally to Selma. Ironically Paul served his apprenticeship under Parson Brownlow at the Knoxville Whig. Unlike his counterpart Paul sought to have a paper directed to the Confederate army. On August 21, 1863 Federal General John T Wilder’s "lightning brigade” began shelling Chattanooga. Paul arranged with a railroad engineer to switch two freight cars to the rear of the Bank of Tennessee building during the night. All but one press and all the paper and other supplies were loaded and the cars were reattached to a train headed to Atlanta. When the train stopped at Marietta, the Rebel disembarked and established themselves there. The paper remained in Marietta until the advance of Sherman’s army. The paper was later threatened by the displeasure of General Braxton Bragg who was criticized harshly after the Battle of Chickamauga. Bragg banned the paper among the Confederate troops. The ban was removed only when the offending reporter left the paper. By spring of 1864, Sherman’s army had reached the outskirts of Marietta., resulting in the move to Griffin. However by September Sherman began menacing Griffin. The Rebel made its final move to Selma where it active until the final days of the war. On April 2, 1865 the Federals under General James H Wilson captured Selma. The office of the paper and the presses escaped the burning but Paul was arrested and placed in s prisoner stockade. Union officers used the Rebel’s office and pressed to print a small daily paper called the Yankee Cavalier, which they published during the ten days Wilson Occupied Selma. The office, presses, and supplies were destroyed by Wilson’s soldiers. Mysteriously the Rebel appeared one last time. On April 27, 1865 it announced the armistice that had ended the hostilities. No one has determined who published this resurrected Rebel. Franc Paul went on to become the business manager of the Knoxville Tribune. He later launched the Chattanooga Dispatch which lasted only a few months. Paul established a printing business in Nashville where he died.

Chattanooga Daily Rebel