Complete 8-page issue of THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, Monday, May 15, 1865 (Whole No. 10,486), offering an extraordinary front-to-back snapshot of the nation in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War and the Lincoln assassination.

The front page is dominated by the sensational capture of Jefferson Davis, with a dense stack of headlines: "JEFF. DAVIS. DETAILS OF HIS CAPTURE. His Camp Surprised at Daylight on the 10th Instant. He Disguises Himself in His Wife's Clothing, and, Like His Accomplice Booth, Takes to the Woods. He is Pursued and Forced to a Stand... His Ignominious Surrender." The column includes Secretary of War Stanton's official dispatch to Major General Dix announcing the capture, along with "Sketches of the Captors and Captives" and detailed narrative of the pursuit through Georgia. Adjacent columns cover Gen. James H. Wilson's cavalry operations and the occupation of Alabama by Union forces, headed "WILSON. Occupation of Alabama by the National Armies. The Sixteenth Army Corps in Montgomery," reporting the surrender of ninety-seven thousand bales of cotton and Unionist sentiment in Montgomery. A companion column, "THE SEVEN-THIRTIES," reports over thirty million dollars subscribed to the government war loan on Saturday alone.

Page 4 continues the Davis coverage ("THE SITUATION") and carries a substantial column on "OUR FRENCH RELATIONS" concerning the new French minister's address to President Johnson, plus early reporting from Washington on the military commission investigating the assassination conspiracy, including reference to the trial testimony implicating Davis and Confederate agents in Canada.

Pages 4–6 carry extensive, gripping trial coverage under the running head "THE TRIAL," reporting on the military commission proceedings against the Lincoln assassination conspirators. Sub-headlines read: "Important Testimony Strongly Implicating Davis, Benjamin and the Canadian Conspirators. Surratt's Trips to Richmond. He is Known to Have Conversed with Davis and to Have Received Gold from Him. Some Light on His Frequent Visits to Montreal. Mrs. Surratt Establishes a Character as a Highly Religious and Exemplary Person. Further Testimony Regarding Booth's Interview with Dr. Mudd." Several columns of verbatim question-and-answer testimony transcript follow, offering firsthand courtroom detail on the conspiracy investigation.

Page 8 is headed "EUROPE," reporting reaction abroad to the assassination: "Sympathy in Europe for Our Loss," "The Feeling of Napoleon," "The Speeches in the British Parliament on the Event," and a note that Baroness Burdett-Coutts wrote a private letter of condolence to Mrs. Lincoln, along with sympathetic official actions from Russia, Austria, Prussia, Belgium, and Spain.

The remaining pages contain the full run of period classified advertising, financial and commercial market reports, city intelligence, marriages and deaths, and shipping news typical of the Herald, adding rich social and economic texture to the historic front-page news.

CONDITION: Folds with slight edge wear and some seam splitting, otherwise very good.

A content-rich, front-page-headline issue capturing three of the era's biggest stories simultaneously — the capture of Jefferson Davis, Wilson's occupation of Alabama, and the unfolding conspiracy trial — in a single Herald.   [ss][ph:L]

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