June 6, 1862

June 4, 1862

Quiet prevailed again in Memphis yesterday although news of the Confederate victories in Virginia caused some satisfaction but did not raise the people’s spirits to the bubbling point. Except among the office -seekers themselves no one in Memphis seems concerned about the city election to be held in about three weeks.

From the Avalanche — The city yesterday was quite

Having done our whole duty and made the last sacrifice in our power to offer, let us await coming events with composure and dignity. We are completely defenseless ... If it be our inexorable fate to submit to the desecration of our streets by the foot-prints of the invader, let us bear it as a gallant people who have done all in their power to avert the calamity, endure it as patiently as possible, looking hopefully for a speedy deliverance in the final triumph of our cause.

June 9, 1862

GRENADA, Miss. — Memphis has fallen. But it is a source of pride to us in this our first issue from another theater of operations, to record the fact , that she fell honorably ... The city is conquered, but her people are not crushed or converted to Lincolnism ... To their honor be it recorded!!

Compiled by Rosemary Nelms and Jan S mith, The Commercial Appeal News Library