NEW YORK HERALD, April 5, 1865

• American Civil War peace in sight
• General Ulysses S. Grant winning
• Robert E. Lee's army breaking up

Most of the first column of the front page is taken up with celebratory heads on the collapse of the Confederacy, and the end of the Civil War.
Among them are: "THE END" "Our Details of the Decisive Contest of Sunday" "What Grant Has Accomplished" "The Destruction of Lee's Army" "25,000 Rebels Taken Prisoners" "The Pursuit of the Routed Rebels" "Occupation of Petersburg" "Laus Deo" and more.
Virtually the entire front page is taken up with war reports relating to these headlines. Fine war coverage is found inside as well. 
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Background: This April 5, 1865 issue of the New York Herald holds immense historical significance as a primary-source snapshot of the Civil War’s dramatic climax, printed immediately following the Union’s capture of Petersburg and the Confederate capital of Richmond on April 3. Featuring celebratory stacked headlines like "THE END," "Destruction of Lee's Army," and "Laus Deo" (Praise God), the front page captures the raw euphoria of a Northern public realizing the collapse of the Confederacy was finally at hand. The interior pages and front-page columns offer meticulous, real-time dispatch coverage of General Ulysses S. Grant’s Appomattox Campaign, detailing the capture of over 25,000 Confederate prisoners and the relentless pursuit of General Robert E. Lee’s army—events that directly set the stage for Lee’s historical surrender at Appomattox Court House just four days later on April 9.