Rare Confederate Columbus Georgia Battle of Antietam 1862 Civil War Newspaper
Rare Confederate Columbus Georgia Battle of Antietam 1862 Civil War Newspaper. Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Sept. Very rare Confederate publication Battle of Antietam - Sharpsburg MD Bloodiest one day battle in America. Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border very near Montgomery.
Various reports inside include: "Capture of Cobb's Legion" "Defences of the River" "From Cumberland Gap" "A Yankee Account of the Great Fight on the 17th" which takes over half a column and is on the Battle of Antietam; The Yankees Again Surrounded! " "Yankee Compliments to Maryland" "Progress & Events of the War" "From The Potomac" which is another account of the Battle of Antietam; "The Victory at Shepherdstown" "Further from St. John's Bluff and more.
Most of the back page is taken up with the: "Constitution of the State of Georgia, Ratified July 2, 1861". Four pages, foxing & light damp staining, nice condition.
It was in Columbus where the last battle of the Civil War was fought. Note: The Battle of Palmito Ranch in Texas actually occurred weeks after the Battle of Columbus, but the engagement at Palmito Ranch happened after the Confederate government had dissolved and the Confederacy was extinct. In the "Official Records", the Battle of Columbus is referred to as the closing conflict of the war. Please Note: All of our offerings are 100% authentic! We do not offer reprints or reproductions of any kind. They are guaranteed to be original! Links to Archival Storage Options & Certificates of Authenticity Are Below! Historical reports may be beautiful or ugly, but they are always informative. While we rejoice in the beautiful heroic, discovery, amazing feats, etc., we at History's Newsstand also offer "the ugly" for we are determined to learn from the wrongs of the past - understanding, to do so, we must be willing to look these wrongs directly in the face and shout NO MORE! It is for this reason many Black Americans collect historic slave ads, Jews collect reports regarding the Holocaust, women collect coverage of the Women's Suffrage Movement, etc.. If you find any to be offensive, we agree! Hopefully this is an indication we are moving in the right direction. For this specific item, A U.
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