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Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[CIVIL WAR] -- [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Charleston Daily Courier. Vol. LXI, No. 19,511. Charleston, SC: 1 August 1863.
2pp., 16 1/4 x 23 in. Disbound (toning, some staining and spotting, wear at fold lines including partial separation, chipping, short tears, and some loss to edges and corners).
Confederate newspaper containing a front-page report of the Battle of Battery Wagner that occurred in Charleston Harbor on 18 June 1863. The African American regiment, the 54th Massachusetts, under the command of Robert Gould Shaw, became famous for the bravery it showed during the ill-fated assault on Confederate Battery Wagner.
An important newspaper printed in Charleston, featuring local coverage of the Battle of Battery Wagner.