DAILY JOURNAL EXTRA. WILMINGTON, N.C. JULY 4, 1862

Wilmington, N.C., 1862.. Broadside, 15¼ x 11 inches, printed in three columns. Moderate toning and foxing. Four- inch closed vertical tear at bottom edge (no loss of paper). Very good. A Confederate newspaper extra reporting the failure of the Union's initial Peninsular campaign around Independence Day in 1862. From March to around the time of this newspaper extra, General George McClellan launched an offensive campaign against northern Virginia which was intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. Facing a series of crafty Confederate generals including John B. Magruder, Joseph E. Johnston, J.E.B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, and Robert E. Lee, McClellan's tactics proved fruitless in capturing Richmond, and he was eventually recalled by President Lincoln to prepare for the Second Battle of Bull Run the next month. This newspaper extra, issued by the Wilmington, North Carolina DAILY JOURNAL, reports the "Yankees in Full Retreat" after receiving news from "a couple of free negroes" that McClellan's forces were headed north. There are also reports of deserters from McClellan's army being captured, detailed passages on the path of the Union army's retreat, and reports on the movements of other military units. In addition, the text relates news on Confederate attempts to gain "early recognition of the Southern Confederacy" from European powers, noting that Confederate diplomat John Slidell had "indicated the immediate prospect of recognition by the French Government." There are also passages covering Confederate wounded, captured Union soldiers from the 7th Indiana, the Confederate government's support "in comfortable quarters [of] some eleven hundred lazy runaway negroes," and more, much of which is reported from other sources. No copies of this extra reported in OCLC. A rare Confederate newspaper extra recording mostly positive results for the Confederacy during a particularly good summer for the southern cause.