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" and "Events Subsequent To The Surrender".
Page 5 has: "The Assassination" "The Trial to Commence Today" "The President's Proclamation Gone South" "The Flight of Jeff Davis" with more on the back page.
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