1865 CIVIL WAR newspaper CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E LEE SURRENDERS Appomattox
1865 CIVIL WAR next-day newspaper with front page "stacked" headlines and a long, detailed report announcing that CONFEDERATE General Robert E. LEE SURRENDERS his Army of Northern Virginia, for all practical purposes ending the CIVIL WAR - inv # 4J-130. SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the New York Evening Post (NY) dated April 10, 1865 with GORGEOUS front-page report on the end of the Civil War for all intents and purposes!
Great Civil War newspaper with a long detailed account of APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE! Perfect for framing and display, this fine piece would make a great centerpiece of any quality Civil War collection. The Battle of Appomattox Court House Virginia, U. , fought on the morning of April 9th, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
It was the final engagement of Confederate States Army. S Army of Northern Virginia. Before it surrendered to the Union Army. / Army of the Potomac. Lee, having abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. After the ten-month Siege of Petersburg. And Richmond, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the remaining Confederate forces in North Carolina. Of the Army of Tennessee.Union infantry and cavalry forces under Gen. Pursued and cut off the Confederates' retreat at the central Virginia village of Appomattox Court House. Lee launched an last-ditch attack to break through the Union forces to his front, assuming the Union force consisted entirely of lightly armed cavalry. When he realized that the cavalry was now backed up by two corps of Federal infantry, he had no choice but to surrender with his further avenue of retreat and escape now cut off.
The signing of the surrender documents occurred in the parlor of the house. On the afternoon of April 9th. On April 12th, a formal ceremony of parade and the stacking of arms led by Southern Maj. Marked the disbandment of the Army of Northern Virginia with the parole. Of its nearly 28,000 remaining officers and men, free to return home without their major weapons but enabling men to take their horses and officers to retain their side arms/pistols, and effectively ending the war in Virginia.
This event triggered a series of subsequent surrenders across the South, in North Carolina. For the Trans-Mississippi Theater in the West. By June, signaling the end of the four year long war. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN! Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. Let our 40+ years of experience work for YOU! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursers) for sale. The item "1865 CIVIL WAR newspaper CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E LEE SURRENDERS Appomattox" is in sale since Monday, September 11, 2017. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Paper\Newspapers\Pre-1900". The seller is "qrst" and is located in Oxford, Maryland. This item can be shipped worldwide.