McClees, J.E., fl. 1855-1865 Announcement of death of Lincoln
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02030 Author/Creator: McClees, J.E., fl. 1855-1865 Place Written: Fortress Monroe, Virginia Type: Broadside Date: 15 April 1865 Pagination: 1 sheet ; 14 x 11 cm. Order a Copy
Announces the death of President Lincoln to the soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital. Signed on verso by Jacob Campbell, Company S, 2nd Regiment, PA with a short note bidding farewell to the "sacred evil of old Virginia."
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