April 24, 1863, Natchez Daily Courier
 The Montgomery Mail says:
           After diligent enquiry we are able to present the following list of Paper Mills now in operation within the limits of the Southern Confederacy:
           Alabama 1.–At Spring Hill, in Mobile county.
           Georgia 3.–At Columbus, Marietta and Athens.
           South Carolina 5.–One at Greenville and four others.
           North Carolina 8.–Lincolnton, Shelby, Fayetteville, Salem, Concord and three others at Raleigh, viz: Neuse River, Forrestville and Mantua.
           Virginia 2.–Both at Richmond.
           Tennessee 1.–At Knoxville.
           It will be seen that there are twenty Paper Mills now in operation in the South, and there can be do doubt that they would be able to supply the newspaper demand if the materials for manufacturing paper could be obtained at reasonable rates.
           Let all friends of the press and of self-reliant economy and of the use of our own resources, save all rags and other materials for paper and offer them for sale at reasonable prices.