The Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 203, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1865 (open access)

The Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 203, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1865

Tri-weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with some advertising.
Date: February 1, 1865
Creator: Cushing, E. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Old Flag. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 (open access)

The Old Flag. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1

Lithograph of an original newspaper manuscript first published by Captain William H. May and Union soldiers while imprisoned at Camp Ford, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. The paper was published for the purpose of "enlivening the monotonous, at times almost unbearably eventless life of Camp Ford" (J. P. Robbins, Preface to The Old Flag). Included are camp, local, state, and national news articles; poems; advertisements; and a map of "Ford-Borrough." The manuscript was originally hand lettered and illustrated on unruled letter paper.
Date: March 1, 1864
Creator: May, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History