The Extra!!! Edition of the American Civil War Gazette contains back issues as well as additional articles that did not appear in the daily edition.Highlights of the February 1863 Edition:- Napoleon III of France proposes a mediation between the North and the South – Lincoln and Seward decline- "So far from being about to end, we believe that the war is about to assume a shape more terrible that it has ever yet presented." Richmond Daily Dispatch, February 18, 1863- Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign continues – "The Battle for the Mississippi" – Work on Grant’s Canal continues – Yazoo Pass Expedition- Middle Tennessee Operations begin – Battle of Dover/Second Battle of Fort Donaldson – Virginia Operations – Report of the Battle of Deserted House/Battle on the Blackwater- U.S. Congress – Thaddeus Stevens’ "Negro Soldier Bill" passes allowing for: – "the enlistment of any number of negroes, not over 300,000" – "to be paid $10 a month" – "to be armed and equipped as other soldiers" – "officered by white men" – Gov. Andrews of Massachusetts authorizes "the enlistment of colored men as United States soldiers" – Will later be organized as the Massachusetts 54th featured in the 1989 film "Glory"- Continued debate about the Emancipation Proclamation – Kentucky affirms support – Tennessee denounces – Frederick Douglas’ speech at the Cooper Institute – Soldiers of the N.Y. 99th are caught seizing slaves and selling them across the lines- Gen. Longstreet (CSA) takes command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina- The "Dead Rabbits" gang (portrayed in Scorcese’s Gangs of New York) pressure the Governor of New-York to pardon two of their members; the Higgins brothers.- The Supreme Court hears evidence to determine whether the Government is engaged in a war or a civil rebellion, and whether the blockade is legal under a rebellion.