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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02362 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | The Charleston mercury. [Vol. LXXIX, no. 11244] containing Civil War news from the front lines |
| Date | 3 August 1861 |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Contains detailed Civil War news from the front lines. Included is a lengthy front-page comparison of the treatment of prisoners of war by the North and the South. "While the LINCOLN Government is making numerous arrests of persons at Washington and at other places in the North who are suspected of sympathizing with the South, and incarcerating them in dungeons, sending them away from their homes to distant fortresses, ... we are treating their people, who have fallen into our hands, with kindness, and in some cases giving them partial liberty. This, undoubtedly, is admirable Christian-like conduct on our part ... " Other news details the fall of Cape Hatteras, the European view of the war, creation of a provisional government in Arizona, and a printing of the official report of General Ben McCullough about the Battle of Springfield, Missouri. |
| Subjects | Battle Civil War Military History Union Forces Confederate States of America President Government and Civics Prisoner Habeas Corpus Civil Rights Prison Camp Parole Christianity Government and Civics American West Global History and Civics |
| People | McCulloch, Benjamin (1811-1862) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |