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20 May 1864
Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918
New York Herald. [Whole no. 10,108 (May 20, 1864)]
War news. Grant, a brisk engagement on Wednesday. Sherman, important successes in Georgia.
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1865/04/20
Harding, William W., 1830-1889
Philadelphia inquirer. [April 20, 1865]
Includes a detailed account of the Lincoln funeral procession in Philadelphia. Provides decriptions of the coffin, funeral car, and catafalque, lists of important attendees, and engravings of the coffin. The newspaper columns have dark black...
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15 April 1865
Hawley, Joseph R., 1826-1905
The Hartford evening press. [Vol. X, no. 89, whole no. 2813 (15 April 1865)]
Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox including an account of the events leading up to the surrender, an interview between Ulysses S. Grant, and military information. Another article is on the assassination of President Abraham...
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1865/04/22
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7502 (April 22, 1865)]
Includes various accounts from special correspondents of the Lincoln funeral pageant in Baltimore, Denver, and California. Reports of the arrest of George Andrew Atzerodt, conspirator to kill Secretary Seward. Paper has uncut pages.
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1865/04/15
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7496 (April 15, 1865)]
Reports (on page four) that President Lincoln has been shot and Secretary Seward injured. Also includes two anonymously published letters under the headline "letters from rebels." The paper is uncut along the top edge.
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