Rare Southern Confederacy COLUMBUS Georgia Civil War 1862 Confederate Newspaper
Offered is an original, collectible newspaper (NOT a copy/reproduction): DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, July 23, 1862
* " Storehouse of the Confederacy" * Last major battle of the Civil War fame
Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border, very near Montgomery.
Among the various reports inside are: "Progress & Events of the War" "Brilliant Victory at Vicksburg--The Ram 'Arkansas' Whips the Whole Federal Fleet" "Bloody Work of the Late Battles--A Yankee Tells the Truth" "Why we Kill So Many" "From Fredericksburg" "Morgan Forever!" "The Enemy's Movements" and more.
Most of the back page is taken up with the: "Constitution of the State of Georgia, Ratified July 2, 1861".
Four pages, scattered foxing, very nice condition.
It was in Columbus where the last battle of the Civil War was fought. Note: The Battle of Palmito Ranch in Texas actually occurred weeks after the Battle of Columbus, but the engagement at Palmito Ranch happened after the Confederate government had dissolved and the Confederacy was extinct. In the "Official Records", the Battle of Columbus is referred to as the "closing conflict of the war.
Background:During the American Civil War, Columbus, Georgia, served as the "Storehouse of the Confederacy," evolving into the South's second-most vital industrial hub after Richmond. Leveraging the hydraulic power of the Chattahoochee River, the city operated a massive complex of textile mills, an arsenal, and the Confederate Naval Iron Works, which manufactured steam engines and the ironclad CSS Jackson. Because of its inland location, it remained largely untouched until April 16, 1865, when Union Major General James H. Wilson launched a daring night assault—historically recognized as the last major battle of the war. One week after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Union forces seized the city and systematically torched its factories and naval yards, effectively dismantling the final industrial engine of the Confederate cause and leaving a scarred landscape that would later inspire local veteran John Pemberton to invent the formula for Coca-Cola while seeking a cure for his battle wounds.
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