Newspaper

TitleThe New York Herald

Accession Number2012.003.0001

DateOctober 4 1862

DescriptionThe New York Herald, October 4, 1862. Pg. 1, Column 1-Contains reaction by southern states of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Mainly focused on debates occuring in the CSA's Senate and how southern states reacted to announcement. The first 5 columns of pg. 1 are basically a synopsis of news from papers out of Richmond, Virginia. So includes information related to southern troop movements and Union prisoner of war camps.