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Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 22, whole no. 3909 (May 15, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.54.58 Author/Creator: Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879 Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Newspaper Date: 15 May 1865 Pagination: 2 p. ; 45.7 x 29 cm Order a Copy

Mosby still at large, Large numbers of Union going to Mexico to enlist, Johson lifts all restrictions on commercial trade of the Southern states, 100,000 reward offered for the arrest of President Jefferson Davis on account of complicity in the assassination of Linocln.

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