Vicksburg, Mississippi, had three newspapers in the antebellum era to keep its citizens informed of national and local events. The Vicksburg Whig, the...
This 19th Century newspaper started in 1823 under the name the Charleston Mercury and Morning Advertiser. Two years later, Henry L. Pinckney purchased...
In 1861, as the Union wavered on the edge of collapse, Abraham Lincoln took office, marking the beginning of an undertaking that would test the fabric...