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Collection Reference Number GLC05959.22.03
From Archive Folder Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers 
Title Weekly Standard. [Vol. 28, no. 52, Whole no. 1451 (December 24, 1862)]
Date 24 December 1862
Author Holden, William Woods (1818-1892)  
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Battle of Kinston, Skirmish at White Hall, Battle of Goldsborough, Fight at Fredericksburg. The battles of Kinston, White Hall, and Goldsborough are reported, and the latest from Fredericksburg is included. Minutes for a Raleigh public meeting discuss accommodations for the wounded. Extracts from Judge Gholson's charge describe the need to beware of speculators and stop extortion. The remarks of Mr. Beall at the North Carolina House of Commons define the soldiers' Roll of Honor. A lengthy editorial berates the Richmond Enquirer as criticized by the Register about the true nature of the Confederacy.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Journalism  Battle of Fredericksburg  Battle  Injury or Wound  Health and Medical  Corruption and Scandal  
People Holden, William Woods (1818-1892)  
Place written Raleigh, North Carolina
Theme The American Civil War
Sub-collection American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Additional Information The Standard was established in 1834 by Philo White, a New Yorker who had come to North Carolina in 1820 and first worked as editor of the Western Carolinian, a strong Jacksonian paper. His political friends later urged him to start another newspaper, the Standard, which became an important Democratic paper. In November 1835 White employed Nathaniel O. Blake as a printer. In 1836 White sold the paper to Thomas Loring, of Massachusetts, a Democrat unsatisfactory for local Democratic leaders. In 1842 William Woods Holden (1818-1892) purchased the paper from Loring. Holden, a native of Hillsborough, North Carolina, had learned the trade of the press when he worked as an apprentice at the offices of the Hillsborough Recorder. He attempted unsuccessfully to start the Oxford Kaleidoscope and Southern Republican in 1837, and later moved to Raleigh to work for the Raleigh Star. The Standard quickly became a popular, successful paper under Holden's leadership as a reform-minded, becoming the Democratic voice in North Carolina. Holden employed John Spellman, a renowned writer and printer. In 1850 the Standard announced a semi-weekly edition of its paper. After the Civil War Holden helped create the state Republican party and was later appointed governor of North Carolina by President Andrew Jackson during Reconstruction in 1865. He was not reelected until 1868. During his administration he worked to build his party's reputation, but was caught between Republican and Democratic battles and was impeached. He returned to the press. Other versions of this paper title include the North Carolina Standard, North Carolina Standard Weekly, Weekly North Carolina Standard, Weekly Standard, Semi-Weekly North Carolina Standard, Semi-Weekly Standard, Tri-weekly Standard, Daily North Carolina Standard, and Daily Standard.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945