1863 CIVIL WAR newspaper CONFEDERATE EYEWITNESS Account of BATTLE of GETTYSBURG
1863 CIVIL WAR newspaper with a front-page long and detailed CONFEDERATE EYEWITNESS Account of the BATTLE of GETTYSBURG, with stacked headlines! SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the New York Herald (NY) dated July 11, 1863, printed while the Confederate Army was in full retreat from the BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG , with fantastic CIVIL WAR and GETTYSBURG history from the CONFEDERATE VIEWPOINT!
A COMPELLING addition to any fine GETTYSBURG or Civil War collection. Perfect for framing and display! The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 13, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen.Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, halting Lee's invasion of the North. After his success at Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863, Lee led his army through the Shenandoah Valley to begin his second invasion of the Norththe Gettysburg Campaign.
With his army in high spirits, Lee intended to shift the focus of the summer campaign from war-ravaged northern Virginia and hoped to influence Northern politicians to give up their prosecution of the war by penetrating as far as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, or even Philadelphia. Prodded by President Abraham Lincoln, Maj. Joseph Hooker moved his army in pursuit, but was relieved of command just three days before the battle and replaced by Meade. Elements of the two armies initially collided at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, as Lee urgently concentrated his forces there, his objective being to engage the Union army and destroy it. Low ridges to the northwest of town were defended initially by a Union cavalry division under Brig.
John Buford, and soon reinforced with two corps of Union infantry. However, two large Confederate corps assaulted them from the northwest and north, collapsing the hastily developed Union lines, sending the defenders retreating through the streets of the town to the hills just to the south. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper. Every item we sell is original printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description, unless clearly stated as a reproduction in the header AND text body. This is truly a piece OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!
The item "1863 CIVIL WAR newspaper CONFEDERATE EYEWITNESS Account of BATTLE of GETTYSBURG" is in sale since Thursday, January 11, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Paper\Newspapers\Pre-1900". The seller is "boyl-timo" and is located in Oxford, Maryland. This item can be shipped worldwide.