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(CIVIL WAR.) Glorious News! Lee has found the last ditch. His Army Surrenders to Gen. Grant!

NEWS OF THE SURRENDER (CIVIL WAR.) Glorious News! Lee has found the last ditch. His Army Surrenders to Gen. Grant! Newspaper broadside extra, reprinting the official correspondence detailing the surrender. 1 page, approximately 15 1/2x3 3/4 inches; foxed, folds, light pencil inscriptions in margins. Np, circa 9 April 1865

Includes Grant's letter to Stanton confirming the surrender and copies of Grant and Lee's correspondence detailing the conditions. Although other similar newspaper extras exist, this version, issued without any imprint, appears to be unrecorded.
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