Lincoln's assassination trial... President Johnson's amnesty offer...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 30, 1865  The top of the front has: "THE ASSASSINATION" "The Trial On Monday" "Mrs. Surratt Desires to have a Witness Recalled" "An Offensive Application" and more, with the coverage of the trial of Lincoln's assassins taking nearly 3 front page columns and over half of the back page.

First column heads include: "AMNESTY ... See More  

Lincoln's funeral... Pursuing Jefferson Davis...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 4, 1865  All columns on all 8 pages are black-bordered in memory of the recently assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.

The top of the front page includes column heads; "OUR DEAD PRESIDENT" "The Funeral Progress" "From Chicago To Springfield" "Scenes and Incidents" "End of the Long Journey" "THE ASSASSINATION"... See More  

Chasing after Jefferson Davis... On Lincoln's funeral...

UTICA MORNING HERALD, New York, May 5, 1865



* Abraham Lincoln's burial

* Springfield, Illinois funeral



 Pages 2 and 3 have some reports concerning the closing events of the Civil War, as well as on Lincoln's funeral. Articles include: "The War" "The Pursuit & Arrest of the Assassins" "The President's Remains" The Funeral At Springfield"... See More  

Jeff Davis & fellow captives... Captured in women's clothes... Trial of the Assassins...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 21, 1865 



* Confederate President Jefferson Davis

* Mention of him wearing women's clothes

* Abraham Lincoln murder trial



First column heads include: "DAVIS & CO." "Arrival of the Rebel Leaders at Fortress Monroe" "Jefferson Davis, Wife, Son & Two Daughters" "Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy&quo... See More  

Much on Lincoln & the pursuit of his assassins...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1865  Among the front page first column heads are: "THE ASSASSINS" "Mr. Lincoln's Murder Planned by Leading Traitors" "Most of these Traitors Are Harbored in Canada" "Jefferson Davis is the Head of the Assassins" "One Hundred Thousand Dollars Reward for Davis" plus a front page "Proclamation" signed by Pres... See More  

Jeff Davis in flight to the South... On the Lincoln assassination... G.A. Custer...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 7, 1865  



* Closing events on the Civil War

* Abraham Lincoln assassination plot



Some fine front page heads on events at the end of the Civil War, including reports on Lincoln's assassination. Column heads include: "THE FLIGHT OF DAVIS" "He Was at Charlotte, N.C., on the 25th" "He Left in a; Hurry that Day, Bound for Texas" "Po... See More  

Celebrating returning Civil War soldiers...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 25, 1865  The top of the first column on the front page has a nice graphic of an eagle on the U.S. shield, plus: "REVIEW ! " "150,000 Veterans" "The Pageant On Wednesday" "The Armies of Tennessee and Georgia" "The Tattered Ensigns of the Republic" "The Boys who 'Marched Down to the Sea' ".

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Trial of the Lincoln conspirators... Capture of Jeff Davis...

THE WORLD, New York, May 15, 1865 



* Jefferson Davis captured

* Abraham Lincoln assassination

* Trial of the conspirators



The front page is entirely taken up with reports of the Conspiracy trial for those involved in the assassination of Lincoln. "THE CONSPIRACY" "Official Report of Part of the Evidence Taken Before the Military court" "Reverdy Johnson Appears... See More  

Sherman returns... On the Lincoln assassination...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 9, 1865  



* Abraham Lincoln assassination

* Black mourning borders

* William T. Sherman returns



All columns on all pages area black-bordered due to the Lincoln assassination. The front page has: "SHERMAN" "His Army Homeward Bound" "The Quickest March on Record" "Scenes Along the Route" "Enthusiasm of the Colored People... See More  

Great issue on end-of-war events... Trial of Lincoln's conspirators...

NEW YORK HERALD, May 31, 1865  The front page has some nice column heads on events concerning the end of the Civil War including: "SHERMAN" "His Report of His Military Operations & Negotiations" "Difficulty of Reconstructing the Rebel States" "The Final Surrender of Johnston & Its Fruits" "Sherman's Love for His Soldiers & the Love ... See More  

Trial of Lincoln's conspirators... End of war reports...

CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, May 19, 1865 



* Abraham Lincoln assassination

* Trial of the conspirators - assassins



Page 2 begins with a nice editorial: "The Death of President Lincoln in the English Parliament".

Other notable reports within: "The Trial of the Conspirators" "Important; Evidence" "Davis Implicated" "President's P... See More  

Surrender of Dick Taylor...

CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, May 9, 1865



* Dick Taylor surrenders

* Jefferson Davis on the run

* Union soldiers coming home



Inside has: "Literature of the Rebellion" "Sherman's Army At Richmond--Grand Review at Bull Run" "Surrender of Dick Taylor's Forces" "London Times on Lee's Surrender" "Evidence of Jeff. Davis' Compl... See More  

Johnson's historic Amnesty Proclamation... Trial of the Lincoln conspirators...

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 30, 1865  The front page features two notable Proclamations by President Johnson. The first grants amnesty to all persons who have directly or indirectly taken part in the rebellion, with the restoration of all rights of property except as to slaves, and except in cases where legal proceedings have been instituted for the confiscation of pro... See More  

Trial of the Lincoln conspirators, from the city where it happened...

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1865  



* Trial of the conspirators - assassins

* re. Abraham Lincoln's assassination



Part of page 1 and over half of page 2 are taken up with: "THE CONSPIRACY" "Trial Of The Accused" "The Proceedings On Yesterday" with a great wealth of verbatim testimony.

Also within: "Davis Reported To Be ... See More  

Trial of the Lincoln conspirators, from the city where it happened...

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1865  



* Abraham Lincoln assassination

* Trial of the assassins - traitors



Taking half of page 3 is: "THE CONSPIRACY" "Trial of the Accused" "The Proceedings of Yesterday" with a wealth of verbatim reporting.

The front page includes: "From the Southwest' "Report Murder of Kirby Smith&qu... See More  

Killing of Booth & the Lincoln funeral...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 13, 1865 



* Killing of John Wilkes Booth

* President Abraham Lincoln funeral

* Prints - illustrations - wood engravings



The front page shows: "Sergeant Boston Corbett, the Man who shot Booth" as well as a dramatic print of: "The Killing of Booth, the Assassin--The Dying Murderer drawn from the Barn where he had Taken Refuge.... See More  

Full page focus on Lincoln, with a print...

PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, New York, May, 1865



* Abraham Lincoln assassination w/ print



 Phrenology is a theory that the personality traits of a person can be derived from the shape of their skull. Although holding no validity today, it was a popular science in the mid-19th century and this periodical focused on it.

The feature of this issue is the page near the back which is devoted to Ab... See More  

Further investigation on the Lincoln assassination...

THE WORLD, New York, May 6, 1865  



* Abraham Lincoln assassination investigation



Among the front page column heads on the closing events of the Civil War are: "THE CONSPIRACY" "Another Letter from Beverly Tucker & Geo. Sanders" "Absolute Denial of any Knowledge of the Assassination" "Harold's Confession and the Other Testimony Sent to 

Eu... See More  

Upon the capture of Jefferson Davis...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 22, 1865 



* Jefferson Davis captured in Woman's clothes



Among the front page column heads are: "JEFF. DAVIS" "His Arrival at Fortress Monroe" "Stephens, C.C. Clay, Reagan & Wheeler Accompany Him" "Quarters Prepared for the Party" "Incidents of the Capture" "Davis As A 'Mother' " "He Br... See More  

Yankee occupation newspaper after Richmond fell...

THE RICHMOND TIMES, May 12, 1865 



* Very rare Yankee occupation issue

* Post capital of the Confederacy



A quite rare title as this was a newspaper created by the Yankee forces upon the capture of the capital of the Confederacy. This is just the volume 1, number 19 issue.

The content has much on end-of-war and Reconstruction reports. The front page has: "Proclamation From the Pres... See More  

Andrew Johnson: the new American President...

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, May 6, 1865  An inside page has a print of: "Mr. Andrew Johnson, the New President of the United States" with a related article titled the same. The same page has a print: "The Assassination of President Lincoln: Meeting of Americans on Monday in St. James's Hall" with the next page having articles: "Meeting of Condolence on t... See More  

"When Johnny comes marching home..."

NEW YORK HERALD, May 25, 1865



* When Johnny Comes Marching Home

* Civil War soldiers welcome home



The first column has a nice stack of column heads on a parade of returning soldiers headed: "THE REVIEW" "Sherman's Veterans on Parade" "The Conquerors of Georgia & South Carolina in Penna. Ave." "Sherman's 'Bummers' on Their Good Behavior ... See More  

Early article on croquet...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 20, 1865  Inside has the earliest article on the game of croquet we have offered, headed: "The Game of Croquet" with much detail, taking over half a column.

Sixteen pages, nice condition.

Closing events of the Civil War...

CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, May 30, 1865  The top of page 2 column has heads: "Important Proclamations" "The Terms of Amnesty" "Provisional Government for North Carolina" "The Conspiracy Trial" and more related reports on the closing events of the Civil War.

Four pages, good condition.

General Joseph Johnston surrender...

SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, May 2, 1865



* Joseph E. Johnston's surrender

* Abraham Lincoln obsequies

* Civil War ending events



Pages 4 has various reports on the closing events of the Civil War with one column headings. See images here.

Complete in 8 pages, this issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen rags, allowing them to remain very... See More