US ARMY PARTY at JEFF DAVIS CAPTURED VICKSBURG MANSION. GENERAL SHERMAN ATLANTA

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8 PAGE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER
Dated July 22, 1864
A very popular & respected newspaper of the period
And one of the foremost papers in the North
to send many reporters, correspondents & illustrators
to cover the campaigns of the Civil War
This issue has very interesting news on General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
w
ith news of t
he start of the
Battle of Atlanta
fought on July 22, 1864,
just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. The city
did not fall until September 2, 1864
Here's a description of the images shown above:
1. "Fourth of July at the House at the House of Jeff"
Describes a big July 4th Party by Union Officers of Colored Regiments etc
at the captured Plantation Mansion of Confederate President Jeff Davis
& his brother in Vicksburg Mississippi after the capture of Vicksburg. The Invitation stated:
"Pic-Nic Excursion to the Jeff Davis Plantation July 4th 1864"
2.  Front Page closeup of Title & Date of Issue
3.  Gen. Sherman's Operations. He crossed Peach-Tree Creek
and the city of Atlanta is now "within range of Sherman's guns"
4.  Johnston Treed in Atlanta: "On July 17, the army moved forward to within 5 miles of Atlanta"
5.  From Sherman's Army: Approach to the Chattahoochey - The Rebel Works -
Why Gen. Sherman Halts and What He is Doing - Rebel Deserters
6
Multiple Headlines:
Cotton Factories Destroyed - Refugees at Marietta -
Army Movements - Atlanta in Sight
7.  Southern News from 'Richmond Enquirer' newspaper about a captured colored Union soldier.
It said "He was equipped.. in the hateful Yankee blue, which is enough to make a Southerner
slay a negro, no matter how harmless he may be". The Tribune sarcastically commented:
"Brave, chivalrous Southrens - murder a negro for the color of his trowsers"
8.  The Great Contest / Gen. Grant's Operations
9.   The Enlistment of Blacks (in the Union Army)
10. Multiple Headlines: From Missouri / Important Captures by Guerrillas - Treason of the Militia -
Jennison on the War Path - Capture of Parkesville -  Several Towns Robbed - Steamboat Burners
11.Multiple Headlines: A Rebel Plot Frustrated - Gen. Butler's Kites -
Examination of Prisoners and Deserters - A Sunday in Camp
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