8 pp., six columns, 15.75 x 22”. Features front page four column width map of “THE REBEL INVASION”—Jubal Early’s “Operations in Eastern Maryland—The Line of Communication with Baltimore and Washington.” Other headlines & stores: “INVASION, Operations of the Rebels in Maryland; Gen. Franklin Taken Prisoner; The Rebels in Force in Silver Spring; What the Rebels Did In Baltimore.” Exhibits light yellowing round the edges, with slight mildew in upper left corner.

In July 1864 Rebel General Jubal Early invaded Maryland in order to relieve Federal pressure from the Siege of St. Petersburg taking place to the south. On July 9^th Early fought the Federals at Monocacy, and on July 11 & 12^th, again at Ft. Stevens on the outskirts of Washington, with President Lincoln observing. This New York paper offers contemporary journalistic commentary on Early’s failed Maryland invasion.

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