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View all Civil War collectibles »Lincoln's Baltimore speech... Rare speech given outside of D.C.!

Robert Smalls and The USS Planter...
Lincoln repeals Hunter's controversial order emancipating slaves...

Robert Smalls leads fellow slaves to freedom... The USS Planter...
President Lincoln repeals General Hunter's order (no. 11), which had emancipated slaves...

President Lincoln repeals General Hunter's order (no. 11), which had emancipated slaves... Two mentions of Robert Smalls...

The Vicksburg failure... Jeff Davis's lengthy address to his Congress...

The Vicksburg failure... Jeff Davis's lengthy address to his Congress...

John Rock - first African-American admitted to practice before the Supreme Court...

Rare Confederate title from Petersburg... Fort Wagner, surrender of Port Hudson, and more...

Rare Confederate title from Petersburg... Letter signed in type by: J.E. B. Stuart...

A battle is brewing (on the outskirts of Richmond)...

The Battle of Antietam in a rare Confederate newspaper...

Confederate title - "Negro Equality in the North"... "Yankee Accounts of Forrest's Raid"...

Wendell Phillips' speech in Brooklyn... The South refuses a union with the North...

The Gettysburg Address in a Pennsylvania newspaper...

The Civil War in Tennessee... A misprinted/unusual issue...

Gov. Brownlow offers a reward for the captuure of the former governor...

Civil War map of the battle fields of New Madrid and Memphis...

Thanks from Beauregard after the Battle of Shiloh... The fall of New Orleans...

Rare Confederate title with good war content...

Historic Civil War Newspapers
Records of a Nation in Turmoil
In the 1860s, Americans’ interest in the Civil War, and its collateral effects, caused a spike in demand for news reports. These were days of heightened concern, and newspapers were one of the few resources that people were able to rely upon for war news.
Aside from specific war news, Civil War newspapers also reported on citizens’ reactions to how the war was shaping the American economy and politics, and opinions about slavery.
Reading an authentic Civil War newspaper and holding the original print paper between your fingers will transport you to the frontlines of battle, and provide a glimpse into the psyche of Civil War-era citizens, politicians, and soldiers.
Original Civil War newspapers are genuine pieces of American history a collector or anyone interested in American history must have.