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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05959.01.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Editions of the Daily Federal Union |
| Title | Daily Federal Union. [Vol. 4, no. 24 (December 5, 1861)] |
| Date | 5 December 1861 |
| Author | Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, publishers |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Gen. Bragg's congratulatory order. This issue reports the results of the electoral college electing Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens as president and vice president of the Confederacy. Various reports describe the state of war events at Pensacola, Paducha, Bowling Green, and Missouri. The issue contains a report from the Richmond Dispatch with the details of Colonel M. Cogswell, a prisoner of war. An article from the Knoxville Register describes the necessity of preparing for a feared Southern blockade by buying a crop of hogs, and another article describes the fear of a Mississippi River blockade. Mrs. John R. Stanford of Clarksville, GA, has presented President Jefferson Davis with a fine wool shawl she made, indicating the South's growing independence of foreign looms. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Government and Civics Election Politics Prisoner of War Blockade Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Gift Clothing and Accessories Women's History |
| People | Boughton, Nisbet and Barnes (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | Milledgeville, Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Additional Information | Milledgeville, Georgia, named for governor George Milledge, was established as the state capital on 12 December 1804. From this location, the state of Georgia voted to secede from the Union on 19 January 1861. Atlanta became the state capital on 20 April 1868 due to its location as a transportation hub during Reconstruction. The Federal Union was established in 1830 with John Polhill as its first editor. It was printed by Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, who, as the official state printers, also published state laws, acts, bills, resolutions, and convention proceedings in book form, as well as minutes and senate journals. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |