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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08430.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | The New York tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7501 (April 21, 1865)] |
| Date | 21 April 1865 |
| Author | Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Covers President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Reports on capturing the assassins, John Wilkes Booth, and on the funeral ceremonies being held in many cities and states. Includes an article on the disapproval of surrender terms between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Mentions reconstruction plans, and reports the escape of Jefferson Davis. Issue also includes the Evening Edition of the Tribune for the same date. This covers Richmond, Virginia news concerning Lincoln's assassination and the reconstruction of the city, and news of the death of Richard Cobden. Other items detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements, and public announcements. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces President Lincoln Assassination Assassination Death Confederate General or Leader Surrender Union General Reconstruction |
| People | Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Additional Information | Lincoln was assassinated on 14 April 1865. Johnston surrendered on 26 April 1865 according to the same terms as General Lee's surrender at Appomattox 9 April 1865. Cobden was an English manufacturer and radical politician who supported Lincoln and American democracy. Horace Greeley started the New York Tribune in 1841. He died in 1872, the year Whitelaw Reid assumed control of the paper. Under his son, Ogden Mills Reid, the paper merged with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which continued to be run by Ogden M. Reid until his death in 1947. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |