Page 2 and Page 3– John Wilkes Booth killed (two days before) The Capture of the Assassins. Lengthy article (page 3) on the details of the hunt for Booth and the capture.

-The Assassins Run Down

-They are Found in Virginia

-The Murderer Killed

Harrold, The Accomplice, Taken

-Booth Desperate to the Last.

-Booth tells commanding officer to draw his men back and he will come out of the blazing barn to fight them

-Dying Booth says “Tell my mother I died for my country”

-Dr. Mudd arrested

-Description of the dead Booth on the tug boat to the navy yard in DC.

-Booth’s Spencer carbine, knife, and banknotes from Montreal in Colonel Baker’s possession.

-The President’s Remains – The Funeral Cortege – Description of Lincolns funeral train on its trip from Albany to Buffalo. Makes many stops in towns for people to present flowers. Arrives in Buffalo and the body is put on display at the town hall by the Union Continentals, the famous militia of aged colonial veterans commanded by ex president Millard Fillmore. The body is left on display for 11 hours in Buffalo.

Secretary of War Stanton tells Generals to disregard Sherman’s attempt of surrender terms for Joe Johnston’s Army in North Carolina .

Long article about Surrender negotiations for Joe Johnston’s Army.

-Escaping Jeff Davis believed to be in Goldsboro, NC.

-General Anderson raises the US Flag over Ft. Sumter, where he was in command the day it was captured.   [KM]

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