The Daily Citizen [drop-title over the first column].

Vicksburg, Miss. J. M. Swords, Thursday, July 2, 1863. Facsimile of the July 4, 1863 issue, with type changed by occupying Union troops to reflect the fall of Vicksburg. Broadside newspaper, 19 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, printed in four columns on colored wallpaper; in the top margin of the verso on this copy is written in in "Original / W.B. Brown / 1926." Upon entering Vicksburg after its fall, Union troops found the July 2 issue of the paper still set up for printing; they issued it with an added note dated July 4, 1863, at the bottom of the fourth column announcing the occupation with the admonition: "For the last time [the 'Citizen'] lives on 'Wall-paper.' No more will it imagine the luxury of mule meat and fricassed [sic] kitten -- urge Southern warriors to such diet never more. This is the last wall-paper edition, and is, excepting this note from the types as we found them. It will be valuable hereafter as a curiosity." Brigham "Wall-Paper Newspapers of the Civil War" (pp. [203]-209 in "Bibliographical Essays: A Tribute to Wilberforce Eames," NY, 1924), Vicksburg, July 2, 1863, facsimile 2: "[Among facsimiles are the following] 2. An issue with larger type for the articles headings, 13 dots in the imprint between 'Swords,' and 'Proprietor,' and 'The Recent Federal Losses at Vicksburg" as the second article of the last column. This is probably the earliest reproduction." Very good. Old fold lines, short tear in an upper vertical fold that results in one small hole in text (taking two letters). (10203). Item #63396

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