Original issue of the North Carolina Daily Journal, four pages, 15 x 22.5, April 23, 1861. Features: Detailed account of the 1861 Baltimore Riots; Passage of Federal Troops Through Maryland Resisted by the People; Thrilling Account of the Scene; Barricading the Track; Troops Resolve to Brave the Storm; The Hirelings Greeted with a Volley of Stones; Baltimoreans Killed and Wounded; Hirelings Killed and Wounded; The Hirelings Bad Marksmen; Stones Better Than Bullets; Terrific Assault upon the Hirelings; They Run For Their Lives; A Piteous Appeal for Mercy; Thousands Gathered at the Camden Station; Fearful Scene; The Inhuman Butchery of R.W. Davis, Esq; Appearance of the Corpse; Particulars of the Murder; Estimable Young Man Shot Dead; Rushing to Arms; The Military; Incidents of the Battle; Correspondence from the Office of the Mayor of Baltimore; The Run to Washington.
Numerous military ads for the Cape Fear Light Artillery, Wilmington Light Infantry, Cape Fear Riflemen, 30th and 39th Regiment NC Militia, German Volunteers, etc. (Future Confederate General) Major D.H. Hill and the North Carolina Military Institute announce their third session. Ads for cotton, railroads, land, goods, services, hotels, restaurants, education, and much, much more. Plus early war news. Light toning, a few edge tears, and a rough left edge, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
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