Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) New York tribune. [Vol. 23, no. 6944 (July 7, 1863)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03118 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 7 July 1863 Pagination: 8 p. ; 54.7 x 41 cm. Order a Copy
"The Great Victory" at Gettysburg including a battlefield map with full accounts and lists of the dead and wounded. Reports from Meade, Kilpatrick, Couch, cavalry attacks, Lee's retreat, the Army of the Cumberland. Discussion of Vicksburg and an imminent battle there. Includes reports from Europe on page 5. Features stamp of "H. Wooster".
Reformer-politician, Greeley used his newspaper to promote the Whig and Republican parties. He was a champion of the working man and attacked monopolies of all sorts. His newspaper fought slavery. He was theoretically against the Confederacy but thought the South had a right to independence. He took a radical Republican stance during the war, opposed to Lincoln's moderation.
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