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Sale 2687 - Lot 84

Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CIVIL WAR--CONNECTICUT.) Issue of "The Connecticut Fifth," a regimental newspaper. Volume I, no. 2. 4 pages, 9½ x 6 inches, on one folding sheet; folds, untrimmed, minor wear, contemporary pencil note in margin. Winchester, VA, 22 March 1862
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The 5th Connecticut Infantry occupied the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, VA from 12 to 24 March 1862 before leaving in pursuit of Stonewall Jackson. They later fought at Gettysburg and many other battles. This regimental newspaper expresses pride in the Union Army's orderly occupation of Winchester; lists all of the regimental deaths so far in the war; prints an original "Song for the 5th Conn. Reg't"; and explains that "we are obliged to close up this number of the Fifth in haste as the Regiment has received marching orders, and will move on towards the heart of Dixie tomorrow." A woodcut in the masthead depicts the American flag atop a globe, and on the third page is a small cartoon in which a flag-bearing rooster confronts a much smaller bird bearing a pirate flag, captioned "The Contrast: Respectfully dedicated to Maj. Gen. T. Jackson, commanding 'Stone Wall Brigade.'"

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