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Knoxville is captured... Mayor Wood & President Lincoln on possible peace...
Knoxville is captured... Mayor Wood & President Lincoln on possible peace...
Item # 724955
September 08, 1863
NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 8, 1863 Perhaps the most notable content is the back page exchange of letters: "President Lincoln To Mr. Wood" and then: "Mr. Wood to President Lincoln", each signed in type.
On December 12, 1862, President Lincoln wrote a confidential letter to Fernando Wood, a New York Congressman and former mayor, addressing rumors that the Southern states were prepared to cease resistance and return to the Union. He responded to Wood's claim that an "informed" and "reliable" source believed Southern states would send representatives to the next Congress if granted full amnesty.
There is also a related article on page 4 taking most of a column: "The rumors of Peace Proposals--Ex-Mayor Wood and President Lincoln".
Among front page column heads on the Civil War : "Operations Against Charleston" "A General Engagement Between the Iron-Clads & the Rebel Forts on the 1st" "Much Damage Done to the Forts" "Gen. Gillmore's Batteries Firing Night & Day" "The Bombardment of the City to be Renewed" "Reports From the Mississippi" and more.
Eight pages, great condition.
Category: Yankee
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