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Grant is pursuing the fleeing Robert E. Lee...   War's end is imminent...
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Grant is pursuing the fleeing Robert E. Lee... War's end is imminent...

Item # 711342 ·

DAILY EVENING TRAVELLER, Boston, April 5, 1865  A fine issue from the final days of the Civil War with front page column heads including: "EXTRA" "The PURSUIT OF LEE" "Official Despatch" "Grant Hopes to Overtake the Retreating Rebel Army" "Sheridan's Cavalry & the 5th Corps in a Good Position" "Ord Pursuing on the Line of the Southside Railroad" "Lee Supposed to be Fleeing Toward Lynchburg" "2000 Prisoners Captured On Monday" "Our Whole Loss Only 7000" "President Lincoln In Richmond" "Lee Retreating in Two Columns" and much more.
Addition war-related reports on pages 2, 3 & 4.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, large folio size, very nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Item from our most recent catalog - #371 - released for October, 2026

Category: Yankee
Price
$48
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.