1865 Confederate Civil War newspaper CHARLESTON CAPTURED by UNION South Carolina - $200 - (Oxford, MD)

1865 Confederate Civil War newspaper - CHARLESTON South Carolina is CAPTURED by UNION FORCES Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: http://stores.ebay.com/Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE ORIGINAL 4-page Confederate Civil War newspaper, the Richmond Daily Dispatch (VIRGINIA) dated Feb 25, 1865 (late in the Civil War for a Confederate newspaper). This isue contains front page and inside page long reports of the CAPTURE of the Confederate stronghold of CHARLESTON, South Carolina by Union forces. The Confederate Army actually evacuated Charleston, SC and allowed the Union forces to take over !! Great DISPLAY with front page coverage of the FALL OF CHARLESTON, SC to the UNION, in a CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPER !! Confederate Civil war newspapers are much scarcer than Union Civil War newspapers and the demand for them is quite high. They generally do not have the large display headlines as seen in Union Civil War newspapers but their anti-Yankee editorial text and commentary are priceless. Charleston, South Carolina, was a hotbed of secession at the start of the American Civil War and an important Atlantic Ocean port city for the fledgling Confederate States of America. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at a Federal ship entering Charleston Harbor. Later, the bombardment of Fort Sumter triggered a massive call for Federal troops to put down the rebellion. Although the city and its surrounding fortifications were repeatedly targeted by the Union Army and Navy, Charleston did not fall to Federal forces until the last months of the war. As Gen. Sherman marched through South Carolina, the situation for Charleston became ever more precarious. On February 15, 1865, Gen. Beauregard ordered the evacuation of remaining Confederate forces. On February 18, the mayor surrendered the city to General Alexander Schimmelfennig; and Union troops finally…

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