April 1, 1863, Montgomery Weekly Advertiser
The Richmond Enquirer has a list of the newspapers now published in Virginia, and they number only 17, of which 10 are in Richmond and only 7 in all the rest of the State, viz: 1 at Petersburg, 3 at Lynchburg, 1 at Staunton, 1 at Harrisonburg, 1 at Danville and 1 at Abingdon. We are aware that there had been great mortality among the press of Virginia, but had no idea that so few survived.
In North Carolina we have lost about one half of the papers since the war commenced, but we can still count 26, viz: at Raleigh 8, Charlotte 3, Greensborough 2, Fayetteville 2, Wilmington 1, Hillsborough 1, Milton 1, Salisbury 1, Asheville 1, Hendersonville 1, Tarboro’ 1, Wadesboro’ 1, Salem 1, Winston 1, Statesville 1.–Fayetteville Observer.
In Alabama we have lost many since the war commenced but still have quite a respectable number. We count six dailies, viz: At Montgomery 2, Mobile 2, Selma 2. Of the weeklies we have at Montgomery 2, Selma 2, Mobile 3, Huntsville 2, Talladega 2, Eufaula, Clayton, Prattville, Marion, Gainesville, Grove Hill, Linden, Butler, Tuscaloosa, Florence, Tuscumbia, Livingston, Jacksonville, Troy, Lafayette, Fayetteville, Eutaw, Greensboro’, Claiborne, Tuskegee, Moulton, one each.