Stewart, J.J. Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 21 (May 21, 1861)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.29.03 Author/Creator: Stewart, J.J. Place Written: Salisbury, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 21 May 1861 Pagination: 4 p. ; 44 x 33 cm. Order a Copy
General Lee to Take Control of Forces in Virginia, Schooner "Indiana" Seized, Attack Expected at Harper's Ferry, Arkansas Admitted to the Confederate States.
Semi-Weekly
An editorial compares the Confederacy with the pre-Revolutionary Americans, fighting for liberty and self-representation. Another editorial questions the nation's ability to blockade its own ports. Minutes from an extra session of the provisional Confederate congress and a proclamation by the Confederate postmaster general are included, with editorial commentary. Current Salisbury prices corrected by Sprague Bro's Grocers are included.
This collection is a weekly paper, with J.J. Stewart and W.L. Saunders as editors and proprietors. The Salisbury Banner appeared as a semi-weekly from 1854 to 1861, a weekly from 1852 to 1862, a tri-weekly from 1865 to 1867, and was known as the Daily Union Banner from 1865 to 1866 and the Salisbury Daily Banner from 14 November 1865 to 30 November 1865.
Salisbury is the county seat of Rowan County, North Carolina. Named for Salisbury, England, on the banks of the Avon River, the North Carolina town was settled prior to the Revolutionary War.
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