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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05959.22.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | Weekly Standard. [Vol. 29, no. 1, Whole no. 1452 (December 31, 1862)] |
| Date | 31 December 1862 |
| Author | Holden, William Woods (1818-1892) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | The Yankees at Newbern, Legislature of North Carolina. A report of the conflict with the Confederate leadership in Georgia occurs on the front page of this issue. An editorial from the Atlanta Intelligencer discusses the sovereignty of the Confederacy in its conscription. A report on the state of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discusses needs specific to the war. An editorial defines the Ten Regiment Bill. This issue contains a significantly higher number of ads. A letter from a soldier at Fredericksburg is printed here. A couple of different lists of donations to North Carolina troops are included, as is a poem about an amputee vet. Water stained. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Charity and Philanthropy Injury or Wound Poetry Government and Civics Union Forces Conscription Education Soldier's Letter Confederate Soldier's Letter |
| 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 |