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Capture of Charleston...



Item # 691081

February 21, 1865

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 21, 1865  

* Charleston SC falls
* William T. Sherman
* Columbia South Carolina

* Final months of the Civil War


The top of the front page has column heads: "GOOD NEWS" "Charleston In Our Possession" "The City Abandoned by the Rebels on Saturday Last" "Admiral Dahlgren Takes Possession on the Same Day" "Sherman's Grand Triumph" "His March Still Onward & Victorious" "The Occupation of Columbia".
The balance of the front page has a wealth of related war reporting & includes a dispatched signed in type: U.S. Grant, Lieut. General.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 345 (released for August, 2024)

Category: Yankee