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Gov. Zebulon B. Vance, the destruction of the
newspaper plant was among Union Gen. William
T. Sherman’s objectives when he occupied Fayet-teville
in March 1865. Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird,
military governor of Fayetteville during
the occupation, reported, “Before leav-ing
the town, I destroyed 2 foundries of
some importance, 4 cotton factories, and
the printing establishments of 3 rebel
newspapers.” Although the Observer
office, a large three-story brick building
on the corner of Hay and Anderson Streets,
was destroyed, the files had been sent to
Pittsboro and were saved.
In 1865, Hale moved to New York and
established the E.J. Hale publishing house,
then sold his home here in 1869. In 1882, he
returned to Fayetteville, where he died on Janu-ary
1, 1883. His sons resumed publishing the
Fayetteville Observer in 1883.
Across the street is the Hale-Williams House,
notable for the variety of architectural styles it
incorporates as well as for
the prominence of its builder,
Edward Jones Hale. Hale
bought this property in
1847 and constructed the
house in the 1850s.
Hale, born in Chatham
County on September 9, 1802,
received an education in
journalism on the Raleigh
Register and the National Intelligencer in Wash-ington,
D.C. From 1825 to 1865, he published
the Fayetteville Observer, which Francis W. Waldo
had launched in 1817 as the Carolina Observer
(North Carolina’s oldest newspaper still pub-lished).
During the years before the Civil War,
the paper became a leading political journal, with
Hale acting as a major spokesman for the Whig
party. Because of the newspaper’s strong pro-
Southern tone and its editorial policy supporting
EDWARD J. HALE HOUSE
★ ★ ★
Civil War Publisher
C A R O L I N A S C A M P A I G N
24
401
87
You
Are
Here
Sanford
House
Market
House
Museum of
the Cape Fear
Cross Creek
Cemetery
FILI Parade
Grounds
Early edition of the Carolina Observer,
predecessor of the Fayetteville Observer
Courtesy Fayetteville Publishing Company
Edward J. Hale
Courtesy Fayetteville
Publishing Company
The Hale-Williams House is a private residence, not open to the public.
Object Description
| Title | Edward J. Hale house: Civil War publisher: Carolinas campaign |
| Creator |
Civil War Trails, Inc. North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. |
| Date | 2005 |
| Subjects |
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 North Carolina--Newspapers Fayetteville (N.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Place |
Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States |
| Time Period |
(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction |
| Publisher | Civil War Trails, Inc. |
| Rights |
May be copyrighted. Submit permissions requests for further use to Civil War Trails, Inc http://www.civilwartrails.org/ |
| Type |
Text Sound |
| Language |
English |
| Format |
Information signs |
| Digital Collection |
Civil War Collection |
| Digital Format |
application/pdf audio/mp3 |
| Audience |
All |
| Full Text | Gov. Zebulon B. Vance, the destruction of the newspaper plant was among Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s objectives when he occupied Fayet-teville in March 1865. Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird, military governor of Fayetteville during the occupation, reported, “Before leav-ing the town, I destroyed 2 foundries of some importance, 4 cotton factories, and the printing establishments of 3 rebel newspapers.” Although the Observer office, a large three-story brick building on the corner of Hay and Anderson Streets, was destroyed, the files had been sent to Pittsboro and were saved. In 1865, Hale moved to New York and established the E.J. Hale publishing house, then sold his home here in 1869. In 1882, he returned to Fayetteville, where he died on Janu-ary 1, 1883. His sons resumed publishing the Fayetteville Observer in 1883. Across the street is the Hale-Williams House, notable for the variety of architectural styles it incorporates as well as for the prominence of its builder, Edward Jones Hale. Hale bought this property in 1847 and constructed the house in the 1850s. Hale, born in Chatham County on September 9, 1802, received an education in journalism on the Raleigh Register and the National Intelligencer in Wash-ington, D.C. From 1825 to 1865, he published the Fayetteville Observer, which Francis W. Waldo had launched in 1817 as the Carolina Observer (North Carolina’s oldest newspaper still pub-lished). During the years before the Civil War, the paper became a leading political journal, with Hale acting as a major spokesman for the Whig party. Because of the newspaper’s strong pro- Southern tone and its editorial policy supporting EDWARD J. HALE HOUSE ★ ★ ★ Civil War Publisher C A R O L I N A S C A M P A I G N 24 401 87 You Are Here Sanford House Market House Museum of the Cape Fear Cross Creek Cemetery FILI Parade Grounds Early edition of the Carolina Observer, predecessor of the Fayetteville Observer Courtesy Fayetteville Publishing Company Edward J. Hale Courtesy Fayetteville Publishing Company The Hale-Williams House is a private residence, not open to the public. |
Description
| Title | Marker: Edward J. Hale house: Civil War publisher: Carolinas campaign |
| Creator |
Civil War Trails, Inc. |
| Date | 2005 |
| Subjects |
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 North Carolina--Newspapers Fayetteville (N.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Place |
Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States |
| Time Period |
(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction |
| Publisher | Civil War Trails, Inc. |
| Rights |
May be copyrighted. Submit permissions requests for further use to Civil War Trails, Inc http://www.civilwartrails.org/ |
| Type |
Text |
| Language |
English |
| Format |
Information signs |
| Digital Characteristics-A | 154 KB; |
| Digital Collection |
Civil War Collection |
| Digital Format | application/pdf |
| Audience |
All |
| Full Text | Gov. Zebulon B. Vance, the destruction of the newspaper plant was among Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s objectives when he occupied Fayet-teville in March 1865. Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird, military governor of Fayetteville during the occupation, reported, “Before leav-ing the town, I destroyed 2 foundries of some importance, 4 cotton factories, and the printing establishments of 3 rebel newspapers.” Although the Observer office, a large three-story brick building on the corner of Hay and Anderson Streets, was destroyed, the files had been sent to Pittsboro and were saved. In 1865, Hale moved to New York and established the E.J. Hale publishing house, then sold his home here in 1869. In 1882, he returned to Fayetteville, where he died on Janu-ary 1, 1883. His sons resumed publishing the Fayetteville Observer in 1883. Across the street is the Hale-Williams House, notable for the variety of architectural styles it incorporates as well as for the prominence of its builder, Edward Jones Hale. Hale bought this property in 1847 and constructed the house in the 1850s. Hale, born in Chatham County on September 9, 1802, received an education in journalism on the Raleigh Register and the National Intelligencer in Wash-ington, D.C. From 1825 to 1865, he published the Fayetteville Observer, which Francis W. Waldo had launched in 1817 as the Carolina Observer (North Carolina’s oldest newspaper still pub-lished). During the years before the Civil War, the paper became a leading political journal, with Hale acting as a major spokesman for the Whig party. Because of the newspaper’s strong pro- Southern tone and its editorial policy supporting EDWARD J. HALE HOUSE ★ ★ ★ Civil War Publisher C A R O L I N A S C A M P A I G N 24 401 87 You Are Here Sanford House Market House Museum of the Cape Fear Cross Creek Cemetery FILI Parade Grounds Early edition of the Carolina Observer, predecessor of the Fayetteville Observer Courtesy Fayetteville Publishing Company Edward J. Hale Courtesy Fayetteville Publishing Company The Hale-Williams House is a private residence, not open to the public. |
