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Manchester, NH: Campbell & Hanscom, 1865. 32 x 47 cm. Warning to Country Girls. Report from Boston Herald of a New Hampshire girl who received a bundle of dry goods, and was led to a lodging with ""payment"" of sleeping with a soldier. She refused, but soon was charged with stealing the dry goods. By telegraph from New York:… Read more about this item

Augusta, ME: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State, 1865. 14.5 x 22.7 cm. At the start of the last year of the Civil War, Governor Samuel Cony (1811-1870) who was elected Governor in 1863, gave this speech. Like his predecessors, he enthusiastically and very capably supported prosecution of the War and preservation of the Union. In this… Read more about this item

New York, NY: The New-York Tribune, 1860. 44 x 56 cm. Report from 36th Congress: Remarks of Senator Douglas regarding communication of Governor of Virginia to President Buchanan, that there was a plan on foot to rescue John Brown; President replied that he was at a loss to find any provision in the Constitution or the laws of the… Read more about this item

New York, NY: James O. Noyes, Publisher, 1860. 11.8 x 17.3 cm. "An inimitable burlesque on Yankeedom"" is the publisher's description of this 61-page fiction. Originally published in 1832, this small volume contains a Publisher's Preface dated Nov. 27, 1860, and asks reader, in order for text to be applicable to 1860, to read ""Secession"" for ""Nullification"". … Read more about this item

New York, NY: The Weekly Tribune, 1869. 48 x 64 cm. This whole paper is filled with spicy, tart commentary. Lengthy story furnished by member of the Cuban Junta…Secretary of State Hamilton Fish proposes good offices of the United States to effect settlement of civil war in Cuba. Captured Confederate Ram Atlanta, renamed Triumph, has been ostensibly … Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Noah D. Payne, 1869. 52 x 70 cm. Editorial discussion of the Virginia election, ""which has resulted to give confidence in the future to all who desire to return to law and order and liberty in the Southern States. The reign of the carpet-baggers is over. The negroes are no longer sure for the ignorant and… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Office of the Secretary of State, State of Rhode Island & c, 1862. 15 x 25 cm. In the midst of the Civil War, Rhode Island legislature met to conduct business. Appropriations for Salaries, for the General Assembly, for Judicial expenses, for Education, for Insane, deaf, dumb, idiotic and blind persons, for jails and reform schools,… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Noah D. Payne, 1869. 50 x 72 cm. Editorial comments on Tenure-of-Office Bill. President Grant wants it repealed. ""Senate..has become so intoxicated with its authority that it is most likely to hold on now, to the ruin of its own prestige and the destruction of the Republican party."" ""A Hartford Tragedy"" report of a place in… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Noah D. Payne, 1869. 50 x 72 cm. Reminiscence about Federal prisoners in Libby Prison (in Richmond, VA). Murder in Boston: Story of a Tennessee Major, a patient living in the home of a prominent doctor, gets called for reading too loud, and goes on rampage, shooting and killing doctor's wife. Barbarity in the U.S. Navy:… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963. 14 x 23 cm. Causes of War. Military Campaigns. Advantages of North and South. Leaders: Jackson, Bragg, Johnson, Butler, McClellan, Stuart, Grant, Lee. Navies. Gideon Welles. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Civil War/History.

Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1961. 14 x 23 cm. Excellent historical summary of Civil War battle that pitted Gen. Pemberton of Confederates against Yankee Gen. Grant. Bayou expeditions; Porter runs Vicksburg batteries; Battle of Port Gibson; Battle of Champion's Hill; Siege of Vicksburg; Guide to the Area; How to reach the Park. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs:… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Virtue & Yorston, ca. 1866. 23 x 30 cm. Two fine engravings from photographs by Brady: Jefferson Davis appears standing, holding a book, with signature beneath. Generals are O.O. Howard, L.H. Rousseau, B.H. Grierson, H.W. Slocum and Jeff C. Davis, engraving by J. Rogers Engravings are included in an incomplete publication, pp. 465-512. Engravings very… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Citizens' Committee to honor Lt. Gen. Grant, 1865. 17 x 27 cm. Shortly after the Civil War, Gen. Grant visited New York City, and leading citizens whipped up a magnificent reception for him. This booklet reports invitations, responses from important personages, describes the evening's events, including the fireworks display in driving rain, and the speeches. Paper… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Alfred Anthony, 1864. 54 x 64 cm. Fascinating coverage of national and local news: Campaign of Gen. McClellan, running as a Democrat against President Lincoln; Republicans accused of cutting up McClellan flag in Newport, RI. News from Cedar Creek on great victory by Union forces. Defeat of Confederates in battle in Shenandoah Valley. Speech by Pres. Lincoln… Read more about this item

Dedham, MA: Henry O. Hildreth, 1865. 46 x 62 cm. Friends of Speaker Schuyler Colfax retreated to his home in Washington and serenaded him, after which he delivered remarks about the glad change in circumstances in the country, now that the War is over. Progress of the formerly seceded states, and problems. Poems by John G. Whittier and Alice… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Boston Daily Advertiser, 1864. 54 x 76 cm. Civil War era newspaper: Panic in Richmond, special despatch by the American Telegraph Company's Lines. State elections: Great Republican Victory in Pennsylvania. Report from St. Louis, MO on rebel movements, crossing the Osage River with 20,000 men, 16 to 25 cannon, and a long train of wagons. News from… Read more about this item

Dedham, MA: Henry O. Hildreth, 1865. 46 x 62 cm. General Butler on the Starvation of Prisoners--remarks at July 4th celebration at Lowell, MA. Humor on Boston:"" It has always been celebrated for its patriotism, Frog Pond, abolitionists, narrow streets, wet cellars… and for the astonishing tact it has exhibited in filling its last quotas of the army without… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Cooke & Danielson, 1861. 54 x 66 cm. Many reports on the Civil War: Bridge destroyed by Rebels near Hagerstown, MD, provisions are scarce at Harper's Ferry. The Baltimore troops are filthy and the measles are prevailing largely. Probable rebel strength in Virginia, 50,000 soldiers. Military enthusiasm throughout the Cotton states is rampant. Presentation of colors… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Noah D. Payne, 1869. 52 x 70 cm. Visit of President U.S. Grant to Newport, RI for Grand Army Reunion and Clambake at Ocean Cottage. Blistering editorial against the Beecher family: Henry Ward Beecher is a minister without any system of theology, a teacher without a creed. He psychologizes impressionable women and unthinking men. Mrs. Stowe's recent… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Cooke & Danielson, 1862. 52 x 68 cm. Extra. Great Battle on the Peninsula--General McClellan Retreated. News from Fortress Monroe, VA reports gunboats engaged, 2000 rebels taken, including Gen. Magruder. Issue includes program for municipal celebration in Providence of the 86th anniversary of American Independence. Letter from RI Cavalry at camp near Manassas, VA. Newspaper, worn, 2… Read more about this item