tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84099910332927779232011-11-27T19:00:15.767-06:00Here you will find newspaper articles, ads and pictures from 1860 to 1877. Articles published will not only be about The Civil War and Reconstrution but also all news of interest to the people of this era.Jaynoreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-87033710184272462352011-05-20T23:50:00.002-05:002011-05-21T20:05:51.732-05:00

More from Cincinnati Daily Press, from December 26, 1860. More Southern Chivalry – Woman Driven from New Orleans – The Cleveland Leader says Miss Lucelie Sexton, a graduate from the Homeopathic College of that city, and a lady esteemed by all who knew her, arrived from New Orleans last Monday, having been driven out of that city and State by the Vigilance Committee, She had been a resident of

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-41813905163700141302011-05-16T10:24:00.008-05:002011-05-17T11:44:13.957-05:00

Here are a few entertainment ads from Cincinnati Daily Press, from December 26, 1860. One thing I found interesting is the way times were written. Instead of 6:30 they say write 6 1/2 or as in the second ad 6 1/2 o'clock. If the images are hard to read click on them to enlarge. The Civil War: A Narrative--Fort Sumter to Perryville, Vol. 1   The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-56980176422077985982011-05-15T23:28:00.004-05:002011-05-17T11:58:39.298-05:00

Shortly after starting this blog, circumstance took me away for awhile, but now I'm back. In the next few days I will start posting items from Cincinnati Daily Press dated Wednesday Morning, December 26 1860

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-10867351036756728472009-03-05T21:34:00.002-06:002009-03-05T21:41:53.421-06:00

From Northampton Free Press, Northampton, Mass. Feb. 28 1862LETERS FROM BUTLER'S BRIGADE (The following letter, from a Northampton boy in the 31st Regiment, Butler's Brigade, on board the steamer Mississippi, which arrived a Fortress Monroe soon after noon, on Wednesday, 24th inst.)We left Lowell, Feb. 20th, about ten o'clock, being detained for two or three hours by snow, and reached Boston

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-26952180095768986392009-03-04T19:36:00.002-06:002009-03-04T21:02:12.847-06:00

Article from Northampton Free Press, Northampton, Mass. Feb. 28 1862 The Burnside Expedition The number of prisoners taken at Roanoke Island is now put down in the official report at 2488. When our forces took possession of Edenton, part of the flying artillery regiment variously estimated at 100 to 300, fled precipitately, without facing our shot. Many of the inhabitants also left. There are no

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-19511465902167495042009-02-18T16:09:00.000-06:002009-02-18T16:11:33.386-06:00

From Cincinnati Daily Press December 14 1860The Fitness of the South for Independence - Her Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources. The New Orleans Crescent observes: While we produce a plenty to live on, within ourselves, we have cotton, tobacco, hemp and other things to spare: and the whole world - not the North alone - for a market. The prosperity of a nation, like the prosperity of and

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-26964906215442255602009-02-06T21:46:00.002-06:002009-02-06T21:59:59.509-06:00

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH---------SOUTHERN SECESSION MOVEMENT.----------Conservatives Disgusted with Sectionalism- Probable Rupture in the Cabinet - Financial Distress and Commercial Prostration in Charleston, S. C. - Cotton Declining - A Clergyman talks of Bibles and Revolvers - Suspension of the Farmers’ Bank of Virginia. AUGUSTA, GA., November 20. - The conservative sentiment of the South appears to

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-36325516536831655672009-02-04T12:11:00.006-06:002009-02-04T16:58:15.011-06:00

PICTURE OF A SLEEPING INFANT. - A lovely child lay sleeping, the moonbeams kissed its forehead, and in every ray of light an angel sported! No Wonder they should leave their Eden home to linger awhile on earth to gaze upon aught so lovely. Pure as the snow wreath which mantles the Alpine hills, or the lily with its brow bedecked with pearls, was this infant - sin had never touched it. Its little

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-35719356356918567552009-02-03T15:43:00.003-06:002009-02-03T16:16:33.445-06:00

An Interview with Abraham Lincoln-His Freedom from Alarm at the Secession Movement.A Springfield (Ill.) correspondent of the New York Evening Post says:The timid gentlemen who are expecting Mr. Lincoln to issue a pronunciamento after the manner of successful Mexican chiefs, wherein his policy will be declared, for the conciliation of the madmen who are threatening the secession of a few of the

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-69955072086258859492009-02-03T12:55:00.005-06:002009-02-03T14:13:38.101-06:00

A few ads from Cincinnati Daily Press November 18, 1860.

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409991033292777923.post-58847824396255731332009-02-01T07:23:00.007-06:002009-02-03T21:08:33.233-06:00

This article comes from Cincinnati Daily Press November 18 1860 just 12 days after Lincoln is elected President.LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH---The Secession Movement.---Mobile Anxious to secede - Another Union Article by Amos Kendall - Financial Pressure in the South.AUGUSTA, GA., November 16, - There is nothing of interest from southern counties to-day.MOBILE, November 16. - A meeting of all parties

Jaynoreply@blogger.com0