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Jeff Davis on the run... Another rebel general surrenders...



Item # 702438

May 09, 1865

NEW YORK TIMES, May 9, 1865  

* Dick Taylor surrenders
* Jefferson Davis on the run
* "Johnny Comes Marching Home"


Among the front page column heads on the events immediately following the Civil War are: "HOMEWARD  BOUND" "The Army of the Potomac in Richmond" "40,000 Heroes March Through that City" "FLIGHT OF JEFF. DAVIS" "He Was at Washington, Georgia, on the 4th" "Stoneman's Rough Riders Close Upon His Heels" "Jeff's Council of War Broken Up in a Hurry" "The Unhappy Rebel Heading for the Mississippi" "ANOTHER SURRENDER" "Dick Taylor Abandons the Rebel Cause" and much more.
Eight pages, minor binding slits at the blank spine, nice condition.

Category: The Civil War