[Lincoln Assassination] New York Herald Newspaper Saturday April 15, 1865

Title: [Lincoln Assassination] New York Herald Newspaper Saturday April 15, 1865

Description: [Lincoln Assassination] New York Herald Newspaper Saturday April 15, 1865

16 1/5 x 23-inch newspaper previously folded in quarters. Quarter panel of front page toned. Spine edge moderately chipped with small loss of content within. One-inch square piece missing from outer edge; no loss. Good Condition.

One of the most famous of Lincoln Assassination papers, this being the 3:00 a.m. Special edition as noted by the Library of Congress. Their excellent synopsis of the various Herald issues reads in part, "The New York Herald of Saturday, April 15, 1865, carried a thorough account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and for this reason it has been reprinted many times. President Lincoln was shot at 9:30 p.m., Friday, April 14, 1865, while seated in a box at Ford's Theater. About the same time Secretary of State Seward, one of his sons, and a servant were knifed by an assassin who had invaded their home. Lincoln was removed to a house across the street from the theater where he died at 7:22 a.m. Saturday morning. News of the attacks reached the New York Herald by telegraph in time to make the first edition. Several other editions were issued during the day reporting later developments, Lincoln's death, and the inauguration of Vice President Andrew Johnson as President."

The Herald printed five editions that fateful day, with the following points needed for this, the 3:00 a.m. Special edition. "8 pages. The first, second, and third columns on page one are the same as the 2:00 a.m. edition. In the fourth column the caption, "The State Capital," has been replaced by "The Latest News" and contains a sub-heading "Secretary Stanton to General Dix, War Department, Washington, April 15--3:00 a.m." "The State Capital" has been moved to the sixth column."

Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War wrote the official dispatch for the government. Within his report is this note, "It is hoped the wounds may not be mortal. My apprehension is that they will prove fatal."

A later dispatch from 2:12 a.m. reads, "The President is still alive but grows weaker. The ball is lodged in his brain, three inches from where it entered the skull. He remains insensible and his condition is utterly helpless."

The paper also includes extensive Civil War coverage especially at the last page with bold headlines, "GRANT The Execution of the Details of the Surrender" and "SHERMAN His Army Moving." Plus, a column five page one led of "THE REBELS Jeff. Davis at Danville."

New York Herald issues from the 15th have often been re-printed. This is an original issue.

Seller ID: 1001

Subject: 19th Century Pamphlets & Ephemera, Americana, Civil War, Ephemera, Newspaper



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