Hale, E.J. (1802-1880) Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 47, no. 2439 (February 29, 1864)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.34.27 Author/Creator: Hale, E.J. (1802-1880) Place Written: Fayetteville, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 29 February 1864 Pagination: 4 p. ; 60 x 45 cm Order a Copy
Victory in Florida, Heavy Demonstration Against General Finnegan, Dispatch from General Finnegan to General Jordan, Dispatch From General Polk, War Between Denmark and Germany Begins, General Bragg Assigned to Duty in Richmond, General Polk States that Sherman's Forces had Evacuated Meridan and were Retreating, Severe Fighting Near Pontotoc, Official Dispatch from General Beauregard, Fight near Lake City won by General Finnegan, Deserters Hanged, Sherman's Army Retreating to Vicksburg, The Yankee Advance in Alabama - the Boldest Movement of the War.
From 1825 to 1865, he was the owner, publisher and editor of The Fayetteville Observer, taking over the newspaper that had been established in 1816 and growing it to become the largest-circulation paper in North Carolina before the Civil War.
After Gen. William T. Sherman's army destroyed the Observer in March 1865, E.J. Hale moved to New York and established a book-printing company; his son E.J. II re-established the Observer in 1883.
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