Capture of Jefferson Davis as he flees...
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May 15, 1865
THE NEW YORK HERALD, from New York, dated May 15, 1865
* Capture of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States
* Trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators
The front page first column heads include:
* JEFF. DAVIS
* Details Of His Capture
* His Camp 'Surprised at Daylight on the 10th Instant
* He Disguises Himself in His Wife's Clothing, and, Like His Accomplice Booth, Takes to the Woods
* He is Pursued & Forced to a Stand
* He Shows Fight & Flourishes a Dagger in the Style of the Assassin of the President
and more (see). The details of this historic report take up fully half of the front page.
The balance of page 1 is taken up with other end-of-war items.
Most of an inside page is taken up with testimony of the Trial of the Conspirators.
8 pages in good condition.
* Capture of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States
* Trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators
The front page first column heads include:
* JEFF. DAVIS
* Details Of His Capture
* His Camp 'Surprised at Daylight on the 10th Instant
* He Disguises Himself in His Wife's Clothing, and, Like His Accomplice Booth, Takes to the Woods
* He is Pursued & Forced to a Stand
* He Shows Fight & Flourishes a Dagger in the Style of the Assassin of the President
and more (see). The details of this historic report take up fully half of the front page.
The balance of page 1 is taken up with other end-of-war items.
Most of an inside page is taken up with testimony of the Trial of the Conspirators.
8 pages in good condition.
Category: Yankee
