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The Daily Dispatch: 1861 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has been the primary daily newspaper of Richmond, Virginia for over the past 150 years. At the time of establishment in 1850, it was one of the very few non-partisan newspapers around and featured relatively unbiased articles. During the Civil War, Richmond became the capital of the Confederate states and the Daily Dispatch decided to promote the Confederate cause. The...

The fight in the streets of Baltimore, a few weeks ago, proved what the history of all battles has demonstrated: that the best weapons are of no service in the hands of an unmilitary man, and that in a brave man's hand any weapons are efficient. The best weapon of all is a valiant heart, and when that is found it can do more execution with a pocketknife than a coward with a musket. We believe that if Virginians had no other weapons than bowie-knives and slung-shots, they could not think