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February 21, 1865

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 21, 1865 

* Charleston SC falls
* William T. Sherman
* Columbia South Carolina

* Final months of the Civil War

The top of the front page first column has heads: "GOOD NEWS" "Charleston In Our Possession" "The City Abandoned by the Rebels on Saturday Last" "Admiral Dahlgren Takes Possession on the Same Day" "Sherman's Grand Triumph" "His March Still Onward & Victorious" "The Occupation of Columbia".
The balance of the front page has a wealth of related war reporting & includes a dispatched signed in type: U.S. Grant, Lieut. General (see).

Complete in 8 pages, some browning at the margins and a bit of very light staining, irregular at the spine margin.

Category: Yankee