Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864 Opelousas courier.

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The paper was edited by Joel H. Sandoz and William H. Spencer during the first year of this run; by 1864, Sandoz had become chief editor. Sandoz had previously edited the Opelousas Gazette, the town's first paper. Each issue includes war communications and updates and instructions for specific troops. Ads cover war benefits, retail and legal notices, and employment needs and openings.
Vol. 10 no. 14; vol. 11 nos. 42-43; vol. 12 nos. 23, 30, 36 and 43.
(1862/3/8, 1864/1/23, 1864/1/30, 1864/11/5, 1864/12/24, 1865/2/4, 1865/3/25) 1861 issue is 4 pages; rest are 2 pages. After 1862, the issues shrink to 42 x 26.5 cm. Many printed on necessity paper. The newspapers are not strictly bilingual, and many articles in the French are not printed in the English.

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GLC05959.15-View header record
Type
Header Record
Date
1862, 1864, 1865
Author/Creator
Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864
Title
Opelousas courier.
Place Written
Opelousas, Louisiana
Pagination
7 issues
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Civil War
Military History
Confederate States of America
Journalism

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Newspaper

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 10, no. 14 (March 8,1862)]

March 8, 1862

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

Battle Expected Daily at Boston Mountain, General Johnston's Address to the Army of the Potomac, Capture of Roanoke Island.
This issue lists news items in French on the front page and in English on the back page. The inside 2 pages contain ads...

GLC05959.15.01
Collection Item
Newspaper

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 42 (January 23, 1864)]

January 23, 1864

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

General Bragg Takes Command of the Trans-Mississippi Department in Place of E. Kirby Smith, Federal Gunboat "Queen of the West" Captured on the Red River, Federal Gunboats are now on the Mississippi at the Mouth of the Red River and Ready to Enter...

GLC05959.15.02
Collection Item
Newspaper

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 43 (January 30, 1864)]

January 30, 1864

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Includes announcement of Surgeons and Confederate Army, $600 Reward for Runaway Slave, Capt. Perrodin of the 10th Louisiana Regiment will Leave for Virginia and Deliver Letters to Soldiers...

GLC05959.15.03
Collection Item
Newspaper

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 23 (November 5, 1864)]

5 November 1864

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Armistice Pressed at Washington. Printed are a call for oil cloths and blankets for soldiers is printed here and an address of Colonel Alcibiade Deblanc on his return from Virginia...

GLC05959.15.04
Collection Item
Newspaper

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 30 (December 24, 1864)]

24 December 1864

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Rosser Captured New Creek & Piedmont. This Christmas issue contains brief holiday notices, including a plea to assist needy soldiers' families and advertising an attraction for soldiers. An...

GLC05959.15.05
Collection Item
Newspaper

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 36 (February 4, 1865)]

February 4, 1865

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Confederate Change in Command, Militia General Orders.
A notice announces the need to raise taxes to put local impassable streets in order. An editorial from the London Times questions...

GLC05959.15.06
Collection Item
Newspaper

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 43 (March 25, 1865)]

25 March 1865

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. General Order by General E. Kirby Smith, Notice to Confederate Tax Payers, Schedule of Prices for Confederate Army Quartermaster on Food and Livestock the Requisition from Local Citizens. A...

GLC05959.15.07