1861 CIVIL WAR newspaper CONFEDERATES FIRE on FORT SUMTER Civil War Begins
Boston, MA: Bosoton Weekly Journal, 1861. A beautiful 1861 Civil War newspaper with front -page stacked headlines and long and detailed reports announcing that the Confederate Army has fired upon Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, thus beginning the Civil War. This April 18, 1861 issue of the Boston..... More