- GLC#
- GLC06843
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- April 11, 1865
- Title
- Richmond Whig. [Vol. 1, no. 7 (April 11, 1865)]
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 8 p. : Height: 46.2 cm, Width: 30.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Union-occupation issue, covering the fall of Richmond shortly before and the surrender of Robert E. Lee two days before. The front page contains biographical sketches of Confederate generals killed at Richmond or Petersburg, or who played an important role, including A.P. Hill, William H. Fitzhugh Lee, Gen. Pegram. On page 8 appears the correspondence between Lee and Grant, giving the terms of surrender at Appomatox. An article "The Duty of the North" by Henry Ward Beecher pleads pardon for the rebels. INK BLURRING from poor registry of the printer's forms. UNOPENED.
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