NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, March 4, 1865

• Fall of Charleston & Wilmington
• American Civil War South

The front page has: "THE FALL OF CHARLESTON" "Full Account by Our Special Correspondent" "War News". Inside includes: "Can the Rebels Overwhelm Sherman?" "The Right of Suffrage" "The New Rebel Army" "The Fall of Wilmington" & more.
Eight pages, light damp stains & foxing to the front page, good condition.

Background: This original eight-page issue of the New York Weekly Tribune from March 4, 1865, is an exceptionally rare and historically significant Civil War artifact printed on the exact day of Abraham Lincoln’s second presidential inauguration. Its front page features front-line dispatches announcing "The Fall of Charleston"—the cradle of the Confederacy—while interior pages cover the capture of Wilmington, North Carolina (the South's last major open blockade-running port), public anxiety over whether remaining Southern forces could "Overwhelm Sherman" during his Carolinas Campaign, and early debates surrounding "The Right of Suffrage" for newly freed African Americans as the war drew to a close. Complete, unrestored weekly editions from the final weeks of the Confederacy capturing these twin iconic surrenders alongside foundational Reconstruction discourse are highly prized by military historians and paper collectors alike for their unique combination of dramatic real-time reporting and monumental date alignment.