ORIGINAL 1865 CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER DAILY AGE. COLUMBIA DANVILLE TARBORO GOLDSBORO

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Original 4 PAGE SCARCE PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPER "THE DAILY AGE"
Dated February 24, 1865.
With important battle news at this critical period of the Civil War
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Along with the Page (P) and Column (C) where they are located on the paper:
1. Front Page Masthead and Date
2. Page 1. Above the fold
3. P1 C4. "From Southern Papers. The Capture of Columbia"
The state capital of Columbia, SC was captured by Union forces under Maj. Gen. Wm T. Sherman.
Much of the city was burned
4. P1 C5. a.
"Arrival of Federal Prisoners from Danville"
During the Civil War, six abandoned tobacco factories in Danville, VA, served as one of the
Confederacy's major prison compounds. From late 1863 to 1865, Danville Prisons held over 7,000
captured Federals. The compound was used as a place of confinement and a transitory depot.
b. James Seddon
was appointed as Confederate Secretary of War by Jefferson Davis
5. P1 C5. Confederate Congress. Senate. Bill to Diminish the Number of Exemptions
6. P2 C1. "The War". Summarizes recent Civil War actions: Confederates evacuate Fort Anderson
on Cape Fear River below Wilmington NC. Schofield's troops occupied the fort on Saturday morning
7. P2 C2. From Washington: Schofield & Terry only Four Miles from Wilmington.
The Rebels to Arm the Negroes. Another Mission to Richmond. More.
8. P2 C3. Capture of Fort Anderson. The Latest News by Telegraph
9. P2 C3. Latest Southern News from the Richmond Dispatch.
Confederate reaction in Charleston SC, and Tarboro & Goldsboro NC
10 P2 C3. The Southwest: Expedition to Leave New Orleans for Mobile
11 P3 C6. "Veterans to the Front" Large Ad for Veteran to Volunteers in General Hancock's Corps.
Winfield Scott Hancock was
12 P4 C1. Start of 3 Columns of Names (nearly half of back page)
"Enforcement of the Conscription in Philadelphia"
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