Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 83

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(CIVIL WAR.) Field-printed announcement of the fall of Richmond. Letterpress broadside, 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, on lined paper; moderate wear, folds, mounted on brittle board. (MRS) Harper's Ferry, WV, 3 April 1865
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The Union army took Richmond at 8:15 a.m. that morning. General Weitzel telegraphed the news to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who in turn telegraphed General Stevenson at Harper's Ferry at 10:45; this announcement was printed for the benefit of the troops that same day. No other copies traced.