The Surrender Of Lee – The New York Herald 04/10/1865

Headline: “The End. Surrender of Lee And His Whole Army To Grant.”
Subheadlines: “Terms Of Surrender. All Honor to Grant, Meade, Sheridan, Ord, Humphreys, Wright, Griffin, Parke, and their Brave Troops. Highly Interesting Details of the Fighting Before the Surrender. Ord Makes a Forced March of Thirty Miles a Day South of Lee’s Line of Retreat. The Woods Filled with Rebel Stragglers and The Roads Strewn with Cannon, Caissons, Knapsacks and Cartridge Boxes. Announcement of the Capture of Richmond to the Troops. Intense Enthusiasm. Our Men Clamor to be Led Forward. Jeff. Davis at Danville. The Surrender.”
From: The New York Herald, 04/10/1865

So much going on in this day of Civil War History.  Paper is very bright, paper condition is solid.  Tear at top on back page (see image gallery).

Image gallery includes:

• Top half of front page of this newspaper
• Full front page
• Top half of left column headlines
• Bottom half of left column headlines
• Top half of map of the recent fighting: Grant against Lee in Virginia, Sherman against Johnston in North Carolina, Stoneman and the railroad, and Hancock’s troop movements.  There is a notation in pencil at the top of the page.
• Full page of map described above