History: American Civil War

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This newspaper covered national as well as regional news.

Multiple newspapers from both the Union and Confederate sides. Over 1400 newspapers ~ Not all from the Civil War period
Chattanooga Rebel 1862-65, Memphis Appeal 1857-1886, New York Sun 1859-1916, and New York Daily Tribune 1842-1866

Archive of this paper highlights only the Civil War years.

Digitized and searchable online archive of 1,384 issues

Site from the Furman University history dept. in South Carolina containing transcribed editorials from contemporary newspapers, all from the 1850s.