In a message dated 1/3/04 12:15:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, eharding2@cox.net writes: When I first wrote about posting articles from old newspapers, I neglected to tell you the sources I was getting them from. I found two excellent books containing them. The books are: Civil War Extra: A Newspaper History of the Civil War from Nat Turner to 1863 (Volume I) Civil War Extra: A Newspaper History of the Civil War from 1863 - 1865 (Volume II) Edward: Great information! If I may kibitz on Edward's E-mail, among this genre I would also recommend the edited works of William B. Styple. These books are: "Writing and Fighting the Civil War: Soldier Correspondence to the New York Sunday Mercury" "Writing & Fighting from the Army of Northern Virginia: A Collection of Confederate Soldier Correspondence." I have not had a chance to read the third of his trilogy, a work called "Writing & Fighting the Confederate War: The Letters of Peter Wellington Alexander." But I suspect it is as worthy as the other two. Forward the Colors! Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com