Original issue of the New Orleans Daily Delta, April 12, 1862, four pages. Stories include: Front page coverage of the battle; reports from the battle of Shiloh giving the details of both days of fighting; Generals Beauregard and Grant; list of casualties from the battle of Shiloh; the removal of the remains of Confederate General Albert S. Johnston from the battlefield; the defense of the Mississippi; interesting Order from Thomas Jordan, A.A. General, Army of the Mississippi under heading, LEAD WANTED FOR THE ENEMY: Corinth, March 31, 1862. “General Beauregard instructs me to say that our countrymen of the Valley of the Mississippi may indeed render material aid by converting all the lead piping and house roofing they can possibly spare into bullets to be aimed at our wickedly impelled invaders. Only by lead and steel wielded by men resolute and bent on independence can our homes be now defended”; fighting on the Virginia Peninsula; a letter from a prisoner; the First Session of the Confederate Congress. Numerous recruiting ads for soldiers and sailors, military bounty ads, reward ads for Confederate deserters, reward ads for runaway negroes, and more. In very good condition, with uniform toning, a moderate area of separation along the central horizontal fold, some light edge tearing, and a rough left edge. RRAuction COA.
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