Featured article – “Conversations with Gen. Thomas”. Secretary of War Stanton ordered Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas to make an inspection tour of the western theater. This is his story. Read it on pages 6-8 or here => https://www.nytimes.com/1863/07/20/archives/conversations-with-gen-thomas-the-negro-regiments-in-the.html?searchResultPosition=1
Condition of the City: A Quiet Sunday – 2
Change of Commanders in the Department of the East – 2
Later from New-Orleans: Further Particulars of the Capture of Port Hudson – 2-3
Operations Against Charleston: Interesting Letter from Our Special Correspondent – 3-4
The War in Tennessee: Sharp Cavalry Skirmish at Jackson – 4
Rebel Reports from Charleston: A Skirmish on James Island – 4
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 4-6
Conversations with Gen. Thomas: The Negro Regiments in the Mississippi Valley – 6-8
Editorial: The Enforcement of the Draft – 8-9
Editorial: The New Attempt on Charleston – 9
Editorial: Militiamen as Soldiers-Their Value and Defects – 9-10
The Destitute Blacks – 10
Who Are Exempt from the Draft? – 10
The Draft – 10
Brooklyn News – 10