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Collection Reference Number GLC05988.25
From Archive Folder Collection of Confederate wallpaper newspapers 
Title The weekly junior register. [Vol. 2, no. 11 (March 12, 1863)]
Date 12 March 1863
Author White, Jonathon C. (fl. 1862-1863)  
Additional authors White, Marcus B.
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Reactions to Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. Article on the controversy over the new militia: "Now that New Orleans is captured the new militia law is suicidal." Includes General Sibley's expedition to New Mexico. Captured by David Cates Co. B 22nd Conn. Regt. The names of Cates family members are written in a childish hand at the top of both pages. Wallpaper has pale blue colored grape and leaf pattern.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Printing  President  Presidential Speeches and Proclamations  Emancipation Proclamation  Emancipation  Slavery  African American History  Militia  American West  Confederate General or Leader  Union Forces  
People White, Jonathon C. (fl. 1862)  White, Marcus B. (fl. 1862)  
Place written Franklin, Louisiana
Theme The American Civil War; The Presidency; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics; Law
Sub-collection American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Additional Information Official journal of the Franklin, (Attakapas) Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Theater of War Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach