Closing events of the Civil War... A Lincoln Proclamation...
Item # 707043
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NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1865
- Robert E. Lee's command falling apart
- One of Abraham Lincoln's last proclamations
- Final days of the Civil War
Among the front page column heads from the closing weeks of the Civil War are: "FROM GENERAL SHERIDAN" "Graphic Account of the Grand Raid on Lee's Communications" "Destructive Sweep Through Twelve Rebel Counties' "Immense Amount of Damage Inflicted" "Early's Narrow Escape from Capture" and more.
Page 5 has: "The Vice President's Speech at the Inauguration" (archival mend here), as well as: "Proclamation By the President - Persons Convicted of Furnishing Arms and Munitions of War to Hostile Indians to be Punished" is signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Category: Yankee
Price
$34
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.