The New York Herald Newspaper From April 16, 1864 Featuring American Civil War News ... Published Exactly 150 Years Ago Today!

The American Civil War Sesquicentennial continues! Today, I am bringing you news of the conflict as it was reported 150 years ago. This blog entry features a newspaper from 1864. It is a copy of The New York Herald Newspaper that was published on April 16, 1864 ... exactly 150 years ago today. It contains American Civil War news. You will note the horrific details of the War as well as advertisements, stock exchange quotes and more.

This video is blurry in parts (I did my best with it) and I accidentally skipped two pages (I took photographs of those pages):


The url for the video above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-zbhNDUoLk

Here is the front page:


This issue cost three cents:


Here you can read the horrifying details of what took place during the War:


Here are two visuals pertaining to Fort Pillow ...





Railroad shares:


Fascinating Wall Street news:


Stock Exchange, sales and marriages:


Sales and deaths:


Deaths and help wanted:


Real estate, "The Turf", horses, carriages and personals:


Instruction, rewards and legal notices:


Dentistry, hotels and insurance:


More news:


The House Of Representatives and a new Internal Revenue bill:


More news War and otherwise ...





More advertisements:


Houses, rooms , boarding and lodging:


Auction sales, other sales and religious notices:


More news War and otherwise ...




"The Bounty Broker Business":


The last page:


There you have it ... a newspaper with first-hand accounts of the American War Between The States from the very day it was printed and published ... literally a century and a half ago!