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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1865

Page

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Market Dull as Prices Drift. Various Goods Noted

Commodity prices sag across metals, coal, coffee, cotton, fish, provisions, and dry goods. Buoyant notes show Pictou at 85 and Sydney at 825 per ton with future price opens around 675.9. Sperm, oil, and rum trade slowly while grain and sugar see modest activity in this period.

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Massachusetts Senate and House Debates Show Postwar Tensions

Boston legislative actions include rejecting Citizens Omnibus Company incorporation and setting June 17 as a holiday while approving asylum and theater equality measures. The House accepted a Lowell mayoral monument dedication invite and debated Harvard Overseer elections. A long column urges Congress and the North to back peace, criticizing Southern resistance and calling for repealing wartime laws to ease reunification.

State Senate Citizens’ Omnibus Company Boston New England Hospital For Women and Children Peabody Lowell Baltimore Harvard College

Washington to Offer Terms to Rebel Generals after Lee

The piece argues that Washington should issue orders to open communications with rebel leaders and offer terms like those given to Lee. It contends this quick approach could scatter remaining rebel forces and push them to abandon the cause without further fighting. The author notes the surrender of Lee as a signal and suggests a policy experiment, regardless of outcome.

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After Lee’s Surrender a Nation’s Reckoning of Purpose

A postwar reflection questions whether the Union’s victory will prove benevolent or bitter. It asks if the war’s aim was to enforce a common law for the entire land or to pursue sectional interests, and whether readjustment plans reveal true motives or personal will over the Constitution.

Congress Union North East Tennessee Savannah Mississippi Virginia South Lee

Lee's Surrender Negotiation with Grant Ends in Unconditional Yield

The text describes Grant pressing for surrender terms while Lee seeks peace talks. Grant refuses to negotiate peace, insisting on surrender and defined terms, and Lee, unable to continue, yields gracefully. Grant accepts the surrender, embodying disciplined victory.

Lee Gen. Grant Grant

Davis's whereabouts and the meaning of capture

The piece discusses Jeff Davis possibly in Danville awaiting Johnston or Lee, notes Stoneman blocks his route, and argues Davis’s capture would not change the Civil War outcome. It urges lawful punishment, downplays celebratory displays, and says Richmond’s fall already signals victory.

Jeff Davis Danville Johnston Lee Stoneman Jeff Greensboro Lynchburg Burkesville Junction North Carolina Davis Richmond Virginia

Union Triumph Echoes Across Desolate Southern Terrain

A northern newspaper column declares Richmond and Lee captured, Mobile soon to fall, and calls for swift Union reunification. It urges Lincoln to convene Congress, treat Southern whites as citizens, and shifts focus from party to a broad restoration of the Union.

Richmond Lee The Union Cain Eden Mobile Mississippi Davis Virginia Washington Jefferson Madison Henry Republic Lincoln Congress South

Grand Parade of Boston Militia Proposed for Fast Day

A letter to the Boston Post on April 10 1866 urges a large militia parade in Boston and nearby towns on the upcoming Fast Day to honor Union victories. The Massachusetts Rifle Club Regiment 1600 men and Boston Light Infantry 600 men along with unattached companies are expected to join, with a new Cavalry battalion possibly joining the march.

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Amnest y and clemency debated after rebellion

The New York Tribune discusses President Lincoln s Amnesty Proclamation and the fight over leniency versus punishment for leaders and followers. It argues against Vendetta style justice, warns against executing leaders, and urges restoration of the Union while condemning slavery and urging measured reconciliation.

N. Y. Tribune Washington State Senate Calhoun McDuffie John Bells Humphrey Marshalls Alex. H. H. Stuarts Jefferson Davis John Bell House of Hanover Charles Edward Hungary Hangin Nagy Sandor Vilagos

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