A collection of 4 Civil War newspapers. All are published in southern states under Union occupation and control. Issues include: 

    1. Savannah Republican. Vol. I, No. 17. Savannah, Georgia, 15 January 1865. 

The Savannah Republican was the city's fourth newspaper and had been published since 1802, changing hands and political allegiances several times in its history. Once Sherman captured the city in December 1864, the paper was seized by the Union Army, and John E. Hayes, war correspondent for the New York Tribune, took control of the paper. 

This issue, published just weeks after Savannah's surrender to Sherman on 21 December 1864, features articles on Sherman's continued plans: “Sherman’s Marks in North Georgia” and “Sherman’s New Plan and Policy.”  It also includes a notice from the Quartermaster: “All persons having Cotton in their possession now stored in this city are hereby notified to call at this office…” 

2. Savannah Daily Herald. Vol. I, No. 17. Savannah, Georgia, 30 January 1865. 

Established in 1850 as an "independent and unbiased voice" as the Daily Morning News, the paper struggled through the war and had been abandoned prior to Sherman's arrival in Savannah. The offices were seized by the Union army, and John E. Hayes, war correspondent for the New York Tribune, took control of the newspaper, combining it with the Savannah Republican (see above). In January 1865, S.W. Mason of the Palmetto Herald purchased the offices and resumed publication as the Savannah Daily Herald, using machinery shipped in from Hilton Head. 

The front page of this issue features a lengthy article titled: “Jeff. Davis on Reconstruction. An Important Letter from the Rebel President.” and surrounded by an inked outline.  

3. Savannah Daily Herald. Vol. I, No. 78. Savannah, Georgia, 17 April 1865.

This issue features an article on “How General Lee was Forced to Surrender", the evacuation of Richmond, and reports from the “The Grand Sumter Celebration at Charleston.” Colonel Robert Anderson, who had lowered the American flag at Fort Sumter at the start of the war, returned to ceremonially re-raise the flag on April 14th. Unusually, there is no reporting on Lincoln's assassination.   

4. Charleston Courier. Vol. I, No. 47. Charleston, SC, 20 April 1865. 

Notably, the masthead reads: "Charleston, S.C. United States of America." As Sherman marched through the Carolinas, Confederates evacuated the city in February, and the American flag had been ceremonially re-raised just a week earlier. The very same day, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, dying the next day. This issue, still printed on brown "necessity paper" due to rag paper shortages because of the blockade, is printed with mourning borders and features extensive front page reporting on the assassination, the pursuit of the assassins, and the recovery of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 

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Charleston Courier with chipping and short marginal tears.