Includes: Daily Illinois State Journal. Springfield, IL, April 24, 1858. * The Evansville Daily Journal. Evansville, IL, August 9, 1860. * New-York Tribune. New York: March 26, 1861. * New-York Tribune. New York: April 1, 1863. Together, 4 issues. Each 4 to 8 pages, approx. 24x16".

Interesting newspapers revealing the events and national consciousness leading up to and during the great conflagration which took the country to the brink of destruction. In 1858, Stephen Douglas was denounced as a traitor to the Democratic Party, siding with abolitionists and Republicans; in 1860, the election is in full swing, with the growing split in the Democrats leaving a window open for the dark horse Lincoln; in early 1861, the growing split in the Union is evident, with articles on the slave state/free state dichotomy; in 1863 there is much on the actual hostilities, the secession movement in the west, etc.