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Great broadsheet "Extra! on the capture of Richmond...
Great broadsheet "Extra! on the capture of Richmond...
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April 03, 1865
NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER, New Jersey, April 3, 1865
* Fall of Richmond, Virginia (early report)
* The end of the Civil War is imminent ?
* Abraham Lincoln assassination nears
This is a stand-alone "Extra" edition with a same-day report of the capital of the Confederacy.
The front page has column heads: "EXTRA" "VICTORY ! " "Richmond Captured This Morning" "City Reported On Fire" 'Enthusiastic Reception of Our Troops" "Petersburg Evacuated by the Enemy" "Gen. Grant Moving for the Danville Road" "Large Capture of Guns, etc." with the reports taking over half a column.
Most newspapers of the day reported the event in their April 4 issue.
Complete as a single sheet "Extra" edition, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Capture of Richmond in April 1865 marked one of the final and most symbolic events of the American Civil War. On April 2, 1865, following the collapse of Confederate defenses at Petersburg after months of siege by Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant, Confederate General Robert E. Lee informed President Jefferson Davis that Richmond, the Confederate capital, could no longer be held. Davis and the Confederate government fled the city that night. Fires—some deliberately set to destroy supplies—swept through parts of Richmond, leaving much of it in ruins. On April 3, 1865, Union troops, led by Major General Godfrey Weitzel, entered Richmond and raised the U.S. flag over the city. The fall of Richmond delivered a devastating blow to Confederate morale and effectively signaled the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. Just six days later, on April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, bringing the war to a close.
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