THE BATTLEFIELD AT BULL RUN (MANASSAS) JUST AFTER THE WAR ENDED

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EARLY BASEBALL GAME!


The New York Times
June 13, 1865

Please see the front page stacked headlines on an official visit to the Bull Run Battlefield where two key Civil War battles were hard fought. The special dispatch to the Times reporst the dedication of a monument to the soldiers killed there. The lengthy description of the battlegrounds in Northern Virginia is particularly interesting. The piece ends with, “The number of visitors to Bull Run is already becoming so great that a hotel is talked of, to be erected as soon as the railroad is again in operation. It will be a paying investment.” (!)

This “loaded” issue published shortly after the Civil War ceased contains reports on the Trial of the Assassins of President Abraham Lincoln, news from “THE SOUTH,” that consists of long reports from Southern states on the condition of railroads, the land, and even voting rights for the newly-freed slaves.

EARLY BASEBALL! Page 8 has a report titled: “Base Ball–The Arrival of the Philadelphia Ball Players. ATHLETIC OF PHILADELPHIA vs. EUREKA OF NEWARK.” There is also a box score of the previous days’ game won in 9 innings by the Athletic, 12-2. “Over two thousand spectators were collected on the ball grounds of the Eureka Club to witness the contest, and it proved to be a very interesting display of the beauties of the game…”

Eight pages, complete as published in 1865, and in truly excellent condition. You can pick this one up and read it with ease! Price is right, too!

$125

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