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[Vicksburg and Gettysburg]. Civil War Newspapers: Two New York Tribune Issues. ... (Total: 2 )
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[Vicksburg and Gettysburg]. Civil War Newspapers: Two New York Tribune Issues. Two eight-page newspapers, 16" x 21", New York; July 6 and 8, 1863. The issue printed on Monday, July 6, 1853, displays a comprehensive article on the Battle of Gettysburg. It reads, in part, "At 7 o'clock in the evening of June, Major-General George B. Meade became commander of the Army of the Potomac. That same night he issued orders to the several corps to move...The troops were pushed forward rapidly, and arrived at Gettysburg, on the Baltimore pike, at half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon...The men well knew what sort of work they would be called upon to do in the morning, and nerved their hearts and cheered each other against the hour of trial by fire...On Friday morning, at 4 o'clock, Slocum's line opened a terrific fire on Ewell's men. The enemy responded in a most furious charge, for which mode of fighting they are justly celebrated. The fighting on Thursday on the left, where Longstreet and Hill fought with most terrible desperation for three hours, and the subsequent battle on the right by Ewell were regarded by the oldest officers in the army as the most obstinate and deadly contest of the war. Officers and men lay dead in fearful numbers. But the enemy's charge in response to Slocum's fire seemed ten times more furious. With fiendish yell and such contempt of death during six full hours, they hurled their solid masses against the well-defended lines. The National troops stood like a wall of fire, whose flaming tongues enwrapped in death whatever came near, whose foundation were firm if one with the primal rock on which it rested. Nothing during the war has equaled this six hours of carnage. In front of Grang's position were more Rebel dead than the number of the entire list of casualties in the 12th corps. The dead were lying literally in heaps, many hit in all manner of degrees, from a clean shot through the head to bodies torn to pieces by exploding shells."The bloodiest single battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg took place from July 1 to 3, 1863. On July 1, Confederate Brigadier General John Buford unexpectedly ran into Union cavalry on a supply raid to Gettysburg. Although Confederate troops gained some ground on the second day of battle, an ill-fated charge led by Brigadier General George E. Picket on July 3 resulted in heavy casualties, forcing Lee to retreat. An estimated 50,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died at Gettysburg.
The issue printed on Wednesday, July 8, 1863, features an in-depth front-page article on the fall of Vicksburg as well as a printed map of the battleground and surrounding areas. The article offers perspectives on Washington's reaction to the news as well as perspectives from the Army and the Navy. The special correspondent wrote, in part, "The news of the surrender of Vicksburg, which Jeff. Davis, in his intercepted dispatches to Gen. Lee, terms 'the vital point,' and in order to relieve which troops were sent from Charleston and Tennessee, while Gen. Lee considered them indispensable to the success of his plan, was received with the greatest rejoicing in the Departments, at the hotels, and upon the street. The news spread like wildfire through the city. Flags were thrown from public and private buildings, and cheers given to an extent and with an enthusiasm such as have rarely been paralleled here. The fact that the capture was made on the Fourth of July gave an added zest to the general satisfaction."
On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg surrendered to Union troops after a forty-seven-day siege on the city. On May 18, Union General Ulysses S. Grant ordered a series of assaults on the garrison. However, after each attack proved unsuccessful, Grant settled in to besiege the city. Located at a strategic spot on the Mississippi River, Vicksburg was a critical point that connected the eastern Confederate states to the western states. Lincoln believed that the capture of Vicksburg was key to a Union victory in the war.
Condition: Newspapers are creased along the folds. Pencil notations at the upper right corner of the first page on both issues. July 6, 1863 issue has minor foxing along the margins. July 8, 1863 issue has toning, foxing, and staining to the margins of all pages. Paper loss to the left margins.
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