The Vicksburg Times Explained

The Vicksburg Times
Type:Daily newspaper
Publisher:Harvey Shannon
Foundation:1866
Headquarters:Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Oclc:10199994

The Vicksburg Times, which became the Vicksburg Daily Times, was a newspaper in Vicksburg, Mississippi in the United States.[1] The paper was established in 1866 by Harvey Shannon and Thomas Bolling Manlove who bought out The Journal.

William H. McCardle bought out Manlove’s share the following summer and served as the paper’s editor until January 1869. Giles M. Hillyer succeeded him briefly until retiring when the paper was sold. It became a Republican paper after being purchased and merged with the Vicksburg Republican[2] and became the Daily Times and Republican.[3]

It had government printing contracts.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Vicksburg Times (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1866-1875. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  2. Book: Abbott, Richard H.. For Free Press and Equal Rights: Republican Newspapers in the Reconstruction South. July 22, 2004. University of Georgia Press. 9780820325279 . Google Books.
  3. Book: Davis, Jefferson. The Papers of Jefferson Davis: June 1865--December 1870. November 15, 2008. LSU Press. 9780807158944 . Google Books.