NEW YORK TIMES, April 23, 1865

• re. Abraham Lincoln assassination
• Traveling funeral - obsequies
• End of the Civil War events

Among the front page column heads on the Lincoln funeral and the closing events of the Civil War are: "THE OBSEQUIES" "Departure of the President's Body from Harrisburgh" "The Sad Journey Towards Philadelphia" "Manifestations Of The People" "Imposing Arrangements in the City of New York" "FROM GEN. SHERMAN" "He Undertakes a Treaty with Gen. Johnston" "They Correspond About a Basis of Peace' "Sherman's Action Promptly Repudiated" "He Is Ordered to Commence Hostilities at Once" "Possible Escape of Jeff. Davis With His Gold" and so much more.
Fine coverage inside as well, including: "The Assassination" "From Chicago--The News of Mr. Lincoln's Death--The Great Sorrow" The Capture of Mobile" and more.
One of the more intriguing articles is: "Accounts By Eye Witnesses - Testimony in Regard to the Assassination" which takes an entire column.
Eight pages, damp staining at the middle, bit close-trimmed at bottom margin inside but not affecting mentioned reports. Otherwise in good condition.

Background: The April 23, 1865 issue of The New York Times serves as a crucial historical snapshot, capturing the profound crisis and grief gripping the United States in the immediate aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Published just eight days after Lincoln's death, the front-page column heads document the solemn progress of the President's 1,600-mile funeral train journey through Harrisburg and Philadelphia toward New York, alongside rare first-hand eye-witness testimony detailing the Ford's Theatre tragedy. Beyond the assassination, the issue records critical final developments of the American Civil War, including the capture of Mobile, Alabama, the high-stakes manhunt for fleeing Confederate President Jefferson Davis and the rebel treasury, and the fierce political firestorm sparked when Washington hastily repudiated General William T. Sherman's overreaching peace treaty with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, ordering an immediate resumption of hostilities.