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Collection Reference Number GLC05959.43.27
From Archive Folder Copies of the Charleston Mercury 
Title Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 826 (August 6, 1863)]
Date 6 August 1863
Author Pinckney, Henry Laurens (1794-1863)  
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Meade Crosses the Rappahannock into Culpepper County, A truce steamer arrives at Fort Morgan from New Orleans with Prisoners, Lincoln issues order, for every Yankee soldier killed, a rebel soldier is to be executed, Severe cavalry fight near Brandy Station, The late assault on Battery Wagner, Letter from General Cooper to General Lee. Letter from President Davis to General Lee, Capture of Morgan Confirmed, Advance of the Confederates into Kentucky under Colonel Pegram, From Morris Island - capture of a Yankee boat and its crew, Address of the President to the soldiers of the Confederate States.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Truce  Union General  Union Forces  Prisoner of War  President  Death Penalty  Battle  Confederate General or Leader  Navy  
Place written Charleston, South Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; The Presidency; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Additional Information Founded in 1819 by Henry Laurens Pinckney, son of Charles Pickney, who was its sole editor for the first fifteen years of publication.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945