Rare ALEXANDRIA Virginia Abraham Lincoln Proclamation CIVIL WAR 1863 Newspaper. (Note: additional images are located below the description).
Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, Virginia, May 9, 1863 Rare Civil War era publication Abraham Lincoln proclamation Technically Alexandria was a Confederate city for one day, as the day after Virginia voted to secede from the Union federal troops moved in this city neighboring the nation's capital and occupied it. The front page begins with: "The Military Situation" with various war reports. Inside has various war-related items including; Why Gen.
Hooker Crossed the River" "Letter from Wheeling" and "The Raid of Gen. The back page has a full column taken up with a: Proclamation By the President of the United States, signed in type: Abraham Lincoln. Four pages, 9 by 12 1/2 inches, very nice condition. Please Note: All of our offerings are 100% authentic!
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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\Other Civil War Original Items".
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