DAILY EVENING TRAVELLER, Boston, April 6, 1865

• Final days of the American Civil War
• Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee

A fine issue from the final days of the Civil War with column heads on pages 1 and 2 including: "The Campaign In Virginia" "The Captures At Richmond" 'Close Pursuit of Gen. Lee" "Prospect of Overtaking Lee's Army" "Sheridan & Meade Moving Rapidly" "Important News!" "Close Pursuit of Gen. Lee" "His Retreat Probably Cut Off" "Gen. Grant Beyond Burkesville this Morning" "Sheridan Sees No Escape for the Rebel Army" and more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, large folio size, very nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Background: Published just three days before the Confederate surrender, this four-page April 6, 1865 issue of the Daily Evening Traveller delivers a gripping, real-time account of the Civil War’s final dramatic week as General Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces relentlessly trapped General Robert E. Lee’s retreating army following the fall of Richmond. Front-page column heads—including "Close Pursuit of Gen. Lee," "His Retreat Probably Cut Off," and "Sheridan Sees No Escape for the Rebel Army"—capture the breathless moment Union troops under Sheridan and Meade cut off Lee's retreat along the South Side Railroad at Burkeville, directly foreshadowing the catastrophic Confederate defeat at Sayler’s Creek that very day and Lee’s ultimate capitulation at Appomattox.