2 1865 Civil War newspapers CAPTURE of CHARLESTON South Carolina by UNION FORCES

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2 1865 Civil War newspapers with the CAPTURE of CHARLESTON South Carolina by UNION FORCES -
inv # 6H-208
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SEE PHOTO----- Two (2) COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 4-page NEWSPAPERs, the
Worcester Palladium
(MA) dated Feb 22 and March 1, 1865. These newspapers
contain headlines and coverage of the
CAPTURE OF CHARLESON, South Carolina by the UNION FORCES
.
Charleston, South Carolina, was a hotbed of secession at the start of the American Civil War and an important Atlantic Ocean port city for the fledgling Confederate States of America. The first shots against the Federal government were those fired there by cadets of the Citadel to stop a ship from resupplying the Federally held Ft. Sumter. Three months later, the bombardment of Fort Sumter triggered a massive call for Federal troops to put down the rebellion. Although the city and its surrounding fortifications were repeatedly targeted by the Union Army and Navy, Charleston did not fall to Federal forces until the last months of the war.
As Gen. Sherman marched through South Carolina, the situation for Charleston became ever more precarious. On February 15, 1865, Gen. Beauregard ordered the evacuation of remaining Confederate forces. On February 18, the mayor surrendered the city to General Alexander Schimmelfennig; and Union troops finally moved in, taking control of key sites. The first soldiers to enter the city were members of the 21st Infantry Regiment of the US Colored Troops and the 55th Massachusetts Infantry, another Black regiment.
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