Stars and Stripes: U.S. Military Newspapers in the Library of Congress

Civil War Editions

This is a collection of papers written by Union soldiers at four prisons in the South. They were edited by the Burnham Publishing Company of Boston and published as one volume in 1862. A microfilm copy of the collection is available in the Microform Reading Room.

An edition of Stars and Stripes was published irregularly in 1863 by Union forces deployed in Thibodaux, Louisiana. This series is unique because it was printed on wallpaper. A facsimile copy of the March 11, 1863 edition is available in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room.

In 1863, the 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment published their weekly regimental newspaper in Jacksonport, Arkansas. A printed copy of the December 1, 1863 issue is available in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room.