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- GLC#
- GLC08725.07-View header record
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 11 May 1861
- Author/Creator
- Hall, Thomas W., fl. 1861
- Title
- The south. [Vol.1, no. 18 (May 11, 1861)]
- Place Written
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 58.1 cm, Width: 42.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A pro-South newspaper published at 74 Baltimore Street, near Gay Street, in Baltimore. Front page has a column of vignettes about underdogs in history - making an analogy to the seemingly tough situation of the South at this early part of the war. Also an update on the special session of the Maryland Legislature and a column of news by telegraph. Reference to an Abraham Lincoln speech from Congress in 1848 on page 2 where he gave approbation to revolution. Harsh poem by "A Lady," on Henry Beecher Stowe titled "On a Popular New York Preacher." Contains news on the city of Baltimore and updates from various sections of the South. Page 4 has 2 printed letters of George Washington from 1774. Advertisements throughout. Paper has extensive damage at the fold.
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