The Richmond Examiner is always a good read. As our entry on Civil War newspapers explains, it was the go-to organ of dissent in the Confederate capital, with editor John… Read More»

We’ve finally arrived at the sixth and final column of the May 17, 1864, edition of the Daily Richmond Examiner [pdf]. All right, actually we’re at the end of the… Read More»

By now we’re at the bottom of the fourth column out of six on our journey through the May 17, 1864, edition of the Daily Richmond Examiner [pdf]. The editors… Read More»

Speaking of hospitals, according to the May 17, 1864, edition of the Daily Richmond Examiner [pdf], they were getting all the business they could handle—what with Grant and Lee going… Read More»

We’ve been reading the May 17, 1864, edition of the Daily Richmond Examiner [pdf], and so far we’ve read accounts of battles along the Southside of the James River, up… Read More»

As we move from left to right across the May 17, 1864, edition of the Daily Richmond Examiner [pdf], having already heard the news of fierce fighting on the James… Read More»

Time to pick up where we left off with the May 17, 1864, edition of the Daily Richmond Examiner [pdf]. The major fighting having been dealt with in the paper’s… Read More»

Today being the anniversary of the Battle of New Market, I decided to see how the Richmond papers covered the event. That’s when I happened upon the May 17, 1864,… Read More»