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Lot Number: 159
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May 24, 1861 "THE WAR BEGUN." Historic Broadside “Extra” from The Daily Herald, Newburyport, Massachusetts |
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May 24, 1861-Dated Civil War Period, "The Herald Extra. / The War Begun." Printed Broadside, Newburyport, MA., 1 page, measuring 5” wide x 14.5” tall, Extremely Fine. This urgent “EXTRA” of “The Daily Herald” from Newburyport, Massachusetts, located some thirty miles north of Boston, was issued on May 24, 1861. On May 23, 1861, Virginia voters approved a Secession Ordinance that would remove the state from the Union. This Broadside is based on a Telegram they received at Newburyport at noon from Boston. That Telegram declared that, "The War has begun in Earnest" and that the First Union Troops had entered Virginia. It also reported the Death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth. The text of the Telegram also appeared in the published newspaper the following day. This example has its fill complete wide margins, is well printed and even in tone, having excellent choice eye appeal. No doubt, this is perhaps the finest quality example of this important Broadside existent. Provenance: From the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents.The complete text is available at our Online Auction Website: www.EarlyAmerican.com "Newburyport, May 24, 1861. "THE WAR BEGUN. "Virginia Invaded by the Government Troops. "Arlington Heights Taken and Fortified. "Alexandria Seized. "Col. Ellsworth Killed. "The Zouaves Threatening Virginia "Gen. Butler to Attack Norfolk At Once "Harper's Ferry The Seat of Conflict." "The war has begun in earnest, and Virginia receives the first attack." "The war is now fully inaugurated; and henceforward the word is-'forward-march.'" Historical Background: On May 23, 1861, Virginia voters approved a Secession Ordinance that would remove the state from the Union. Although ballots from western Unionist counties were lost, the voters overwhelmingly approved secession by a margin of four to one. The following day, Lieutenant General Winfield Scott ordered 7,500 Union troops into Virginia. They seized Arlington heights (including Robert E. Lee's plantation) and Alexandria and began to move toward the railroad hub of Manassas Junction, which would be the site of two major battles in 1861 and 1862. Elmer E. Ellsworth (1837-1861) was born in New York and after working for a patent agency went to Springfield, Illinois, to study law. There, he worked with Abraham Lincoln and helped with Lincoln's 1860 presidential campaign. He also led a touring military drill team, the "Zouave Cadets of Chicago," known for their striking French Zouave uniforms featuring a red kepi, red chasseur trousers with white gaiters, and an open-front blue blouse with a yellow waist sash. Their precision maneuvers in parades throughout the North made them famous and popular. When the war began, Ellsworth raised the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment (the "Fire Zouaves") from New York City's firefighting companies and became its colonel. On May 24, 1861, Ellsworth was killed after removing a Confederate flag from over the Marshall House inn in Alexandria, which was visible from Washington. Colonel Ellsworth was the first Union officer to die in the Civil War, and Ellsworth's body lay in state in the White House. His death infuriated many northerners, spurring enlistment with the call to "Remember Ellsworth." The Newburyport Herald (1797-1915) was a newspaper founded in Newburyport, Massachusetts, by the merger of William Barrett's Political Gazette and Angier March's Impartial Herald. From 1797 to 1803 and again from 1811 to 1815, it was published under the title of Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette. Ephraim W. Allen (1779-1846) edited the Newburyport Herald for nearly thirty years to 1834. In March 1812, the Newburyport Herald was the first newspaper outside of the immediate Boston area to use the word "gerrymander" in its political sense. From 1834 to 1865, it was published as The Daily Herald with a weekly edition published as the Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette. From 1856 to 1869, antislavery Democrat George J. L. Colby was the editor. Condition: Some toning; ledge crease lines; light edge and corner wear, including a few chips. Provenance: From the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents. |
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Lot Number: 159
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