Cape Girardeau Eagle: Union Series (Microfilm)

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2009.001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Print copies are available of the Union Series in a scrapbook, along with 2 letters from Captain H. F. Potter of the First Wisconsin Calvary to Louis Houck about the Union Series papers.

Available dates: 1862: May 10, May 17, May 24, May 31, June 7, June 14, June 21, June 28, July 12, July 19, July 26, August 16

Dates

Creation: 1862

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical / Historical

The Cape Girardeau Eagle was originally published by Ben F. Herr from 1857 until the May 26 1859 issue, when the publisher changed Herr & Moor. The February 1861 through the March 21 1861 issues were published by M. H. Moor. At this point the publishers closed down the paper and left Cape Girardeau.

Beginning May 10, 1862 the newspaper was once again published, but the name changed to Cape Girardeau Eagle: Union Series. It was published “under the auspices of the First Wisconsin Calvary” because the commander wanted to communicate with entirety of the district under his command. The Union Series ran for 12 issues.