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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03118 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | New York tribune. [Vol. 23, no. 6944 (July 7, 1863)] |
| Date | 7 July 1863 |
| Author | Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | "The Great Victory" at Gettysburg including a battlefield map with full accounts and lists of the dead and wounded. Reports from Meade, Kilpatrick, Couch, cavalry attacks, Lee's retreat, the Army of the Cumberland. Discussion of Vicksburg and an imminent battle there. Includes reports from Europe. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Battle Global History and Civics Battle of Gettysburg Injury or Wound Death Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Union Forces |
| People | Greely, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Additional Information | Reformer-politician, Greeley used his newspaper to promote the Whig and Republican parties. He was a champion of the working man and attacked monopolies of all sorts. His newspaper fought slavery. He was theoretically against the Confederacy but thought the South had a right to independence. He took a radical Republican stance during the war, opposed to Lincoln's moderation. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |