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The day before Lincoln would be murdered...



Item # 706600

April 13, 1865

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 13, 1865  

* Confederates lost the war
* Various fighting still going on
* Eve of Abraham Lincoln's assassination


Despite the great news from the closing days of the Civil War, no one could have believed what would happen the next day: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The front page column heads include: "MORE GOOD NEWS" "Capture Of Lynchburg" "Gen. Lee En Route to Richmond" "Selma and Montgomery, Ala., Also Taken" "Forrest & Roddy Prisoners" "GEN. SHERIDAN and more.
Eight pages, minor loss at the top not affecting text, nice condition.

Item from last month's catalog - #363 released for February, 2026.

Category: 1861-1865