Confederate Broadside Issued by CSA General Loring, To the People of Western Virginia, 1862

Lot 45

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Property of N. Flayderman & Co., Plus Selected Additions by Cowan's Auctions

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Lot Description

Printed broadside, 6.5 x 13 in., To the People of West Virginia, Charleston, VA. Head Quarters, Department of West Virginia, September 14, 1862. The first paragraph of the broadside reads:

The Army of the Confederate States has come among you to expel the enemy, to rescue the people from despotism of the counterfeit State government imposed on you by the Northern bayonets, and to restore the country once more to its natural allegiance to the State. We fight for peace and the possession of our own territory. We do not intend to punish those who remain at home as quiet citizens in obedience to the laws of the land...but those who persist in adhering to the cause of the public enemy, and the pretend State Government he has erected at Wheeling, will be dealt with as their obstinate treachery deserves...

Seeking to pacify and intimidate any Union sentiment in the region, Confederate General W. Loring issued the broadside offered in the lot to declare martial law and discredit the Union in West Virginia. He maintained control of the area until the Battle of Antietam, when General J.D. Fox's forces drove the rebels out of the state for good. Even though they separated from the Union based on ideological differences, Congress approved West Virginia's admission to the Union on June 20, 1863.

Provenance: N. Flayderman and Co., Inc.

Condition

Some toning and light soiling of the paper as well as some brittle margins.
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