Springfield Daily Republican, EXTRA
by [AMERICANAÑCIVIL WARÑUNION]
Springfield, Mass.: Saturday May 25, 1861. . Broadside, 22 x 15 1/2, printed in 6 columns on one side only. Removed from a bound volume; no evidence of folding, but all edges somewhat chipped, not affecting text The left three columns are filled with news of the war in Virginia. General Butler enters Virginia. A report of a fight in Alexandria and a follow-up column stating it to be a false alarm. Also reported in the funeral of Col. Ellsworth who was shot in Alexandria.Interesting news from a Northern source, just over a month after Virginia seceded and two months before the first battle of Manassas which was July 21, 1861 (Inventory #: 2021)