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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05959.01.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Editions of the Daily Federal Union |
| Title | Daily Federal Union. [Vol. 4, no. 19 (November 29, 1861)] |
| Date | 29 November 1861 |
| Author | Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, publishers |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Lord Lyons and the capture of the Confederate commissioners (Mason and Slidell), admission of Missouri to the Confederacy, 11 November 1861 proclamation from the governor to the volunteer militia companies of the state. This issue includes minutes of the gubernatorial and senatorial reports, and lists of elected senators, representatives, and war tax collectors. Also: bits of Southern news, such as the secession of Missouri and an update of war events in Pensacola. Selected correspondence between Governor Joseph E. Brown and General William H.T. Walker highlights the communication between political and military. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Diplomacy Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Secession Government and Civics Military History Prisoner Trent Affair Militia Taxes or Taxation Confederate General or Leader |
| People | Boughton, Nisbet and Barnes (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | Milledgeville, Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics |
| 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 |