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Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper

Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper

Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper
Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper. Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK TIMES, April 8, 1865. Lee's surrender (day of) Appomattox Court House signing (eve) Battle of Sailor's Creek - Farmville, Virginia.

This issue was published the day before Robert E. Grant which essentially ended the Civil War. Not surprisingly the significant front page headlines report the coming end, with many heads including: " GRANT---LEE " " Progress of the Rout of Lee's Army " "Another Brilliant Victory" "Desperate and Sanguinary Battle Near Burkesville" "Sheridan Attacks the Enemy and Routs Them" "Capture of Six Rebel Generals" "General Ewell, Custis Lee, Corse, Kershaw, Button, and De Barre Taken Prisoners" "Lee's Army Broken Up" "Full Details of the Victory" Official Reports from President Lincoln... Civil War coverage takes five of the six front page columns and included among the dispatches are two signed in type: A. Lincoln, which are introductory notes to details provided by Sheridan, Grant, Meade, and Humphreys.

Eight pages, nice e condition. Please Note: All of our offerings are 100% authentic! We do not offer reprints or reproductions of any kind. They are guaranteed to be original! Links to Archival Storage Options & Certificates of Authenticity Are Below! Historical reports may be beautiful or ugly, but they are always informative. While we rejoice in the beautiful heroic, discovery, amazing feats, etc. , we at History's Newsstand also offer "the ugly" for we are determined to learn from the wrongs of the past - understanding, to do so, we must be willing to look these wrongs directly in the face and shout NO MORE! It is for this reason many Black Americans collect historic slave ads, Jews collect reports regarding the Holocaust, women collect coverage of the Women's Suffrage Movement, etc..

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Timothy Hughes Rare Newspapers P. Desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Newspapers".

The seller is "timhu" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

  • Item Number: 688021
  • Content: rare antique ephemera newspapers old history early


Robert E. Lee Quit Appomattox Courth House Signing EVE 1865 Civil War Newspaper