Nov 29, 2001 - Sale 1916

Sale 1916 - Lot 77

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPER.) The Courier . . . Midnight Extra. The Very Latest Telegraphic News! 2 page, single column newspaper extra, giving news on the Union victory at Murfreesboro, the buildup of forces at Vicksburg, details of an 8 January 1863 battle between General Forrest and General Sullivan's forces, a report of Union gun boats going up the Pamunkey River, relating a story of a slave challenging Union Colonel Weeks to a duel, and other war-related news. Approximately 355x73 mm, blue paper; folds, foxing, minor loss in bottom corner (but only affecting one word of text).<\t>Port Hudson, 10 January 1863
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The Port Hudson Morning Courier, also known as merely The Courier as this extra is titled, began printing in January 1863, making this extra one of their earliest issues. OCLC locates only 6 institutions with copies of the paper, the earliest being volume 1, number 14 dated January 21, 1863. The paper ceased publication once the town was put under siege by Union forces in late May 1863.<