CHARLESTON AND COLUMBIA BOTH CAPTURED AT LAST!

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THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS TAKEN BY GEN. SHERMAN

The New York Times
February 21, 1865

The city where at Fort Sumter, the first shot of the war was fired, finally succumbs after almost four years of intense fighting and Union naval bombardment. Headlines scream: “GOOD NEWS. CHARLESTON IN OUR POSSESSION. The City Abandoned by the Rebels on Saturday Last. SHERMAN’S GRAND TRIUMPH. THE OCCUPATION OF COLUMBIA.” Loaded with front page dispatches, eyewitness reports, and news from other war fronts such as Wilmington, Richmond (Gen. Lee’s Army trying to defend the Confederate capital), and even the whereabouts of the famed Colonel Mosby!

Eight pages, complete, and in superb, near mint condition!

$220

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Posted by mmitchell | Filed Under The Civil War, All Historic Newspapers