NEW YORK HERALD, MAY 15, 1865 [CAPTURE OF JEFF DAVIS]

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8 pp, 22.5 x 15.25”, six columns. Exhibits light yellowing, fold mark, and light chipping of left margins. Features front page coverage of the capture of Jefferson Davis on May 10, 1865 in Irwinville, GA., with the following headlines: “Jeff Davis. Details of his Capture.” “He Disguises Himself in His Wife’s Clothing, and, Like His Accomplice Booth, Takes to the Woods.”, “He Shows Fight and Flourishes a Dagger in the Style of the Assassin of the President”, “His Wife Warns the Soldiers not to ‘Provoke the President’ or He Might Hurt ‘Em.” Also news of Union occupation of Alabama.

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