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Newly Established Union Newspaper in Richmond on the Assassination of Lincoln

The Library of Virginia does have the Saturday, April 15, 1865 issue of The Richmond Whig, but the paper made no mention of the assassination…

Silver PersingerNovember 29, 2012

Newspapers

Eye Witness Account of Lincoln’s Assassination and Funeral Preparations

From the Richmond Times dated April 21, 1865, Volume 1, Number 1. The first edition of this newly established newspaper was published a full week after…

Silver PersingerNovember 21, 2012

Newspapers

Newspaper Accounts on the Death of Lincoln

With the renewed interest in President Abraham Lincoln due to Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at…

Silver PersingerNovember 19, 2012

Assassination Archives - The UncommonWealth

Newly Established Union Newspaper in Richmond on the Assassination of Lincoln

Eye Witness Account of Lincoln’s Assassination and Funeral Preparations

Newspaper Accounts on the Death of Lincoln

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