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GETTYSBURG, VICKSBURG, PORT HUDSON & NYC DRAFT RIOTS!

8 pages. Front page headlines and stories: THE RIOT SUBSIDING. A Last Desperate Struggle. Fight Last Night in Second Avenue. Triumph Of The Military. Several Ringleaders Caught. Mr. Andrews of Virginia Caged. Interesting Incidents of the Reign of Terror. The Debris of the Campaign- Killed, Wounded and Prisoners- Coroner's Inquests and Hospital Reports. Rioting on First Avenue. The Fight in Nineteenth Street. Scenes at Seventh Avenue Arsenal. The Thomas Street Riot. Incidents of the Riot. Another Negro Murdered and Drowned. List of the Wounded in Bellevue Hospital. The above are all front page accounts relating to the New York City Draft Riots. Other draft riot accounts in this issue include: Doings in Brooklyn. Proclamation of the Mayor. The Riots in Harlem. The Staten Island Riot. Affairs in Westchester County. Jersey City Rioting. The Mob Spirit in Troy. The Times Office Gutted and Destroyed. The Jail Forced Open and the Prisoners Set Free. The Riot in Boston. The Way to Deal With the Mob. Armory and Gun Shops Attacked. A Proclamation From Mayor Lincoln.

At the same time the draft riots were going on, there was much extremely important war news to report! Obviously with this being a New York City publication, and the riots happening there, the paper dedicated their front page to this terrible story. Other headlines and stories include: THE SURRENDER OF VICKSBURGH. Full Details From Our Own Correspondent. The Preliminary Operations. The Negotiations for the Surrender. Appearance of the City. Condition of the Garrison and Citizens. The Occupation of the City by Logan's Division. News from Tennessee: Nashville Again Isolated. Glorious Uncertainty. Rejoicing Over Vicksburgh Fallen. How the Capital of Tennessee Celebrated the Fourth. The State Convention-Resolutions-Ruins. News from Key West and the Efficency of the Blockade. THE RETREAT OF LEE. His Army Moving Towards Culpeper. His Retreat Very Confused. Our Cavalry After His Trains. The Wounded at Gettysburg. THE ARMY OF GEN. ROSECRANS. What it Has Accomplished During the Recent Campaign. Its Probable Future Operations. The Retreat of Bragg Beyond Chattanooga. THE FALL OF PORT HUDSON. Seven Thousand Prisoners, 70 Pieces of Artillery and 10,000 Stands of Small Arms Captured. General Sherman Still Pursuing Johnston. MORGAN'S GREAT RAID. OPERATIONS AGAINST CHARLESTON. The Attack on Morris Island. Official Report of Gen. Gillmore. Unsuccessful Attempt to Carry Fort Wagner by Force. Light age toning and edge wear including some very tiny edge tears, none of which affects any of the text. Overall in very fine condition. Outstanding content!

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