Morgan's Command Surrenders and Richmond Fall
Louisvillux April 30 report fifteen officers and one thousand men of Morgan's command surrender to Gen Hobson at Mount Sterling with twelve hundred rebels surrendering elsewhere. Eastern Kentucky is clear of rebel troops. The Herald notes reactions to Lincoln assassination and reports on further surrenders, captured arms, cotton, and fortifications. discussions in London papers view Richmond's fall as a major northern victory and a turning point signaling the end of southern resistance.
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America
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Damascus
Queenstown
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Memphis
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Democrat
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Union
Mosby's Guerrillas Enter Winchester with Paroled Soldiers
Intelligence from Shenandoah reports Davis cannot escape as Lee's paroled soldiers head south. All such troops must take the oath of allegiance and many Mosby's guerrillas have entered Winchester with them.
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Rebel ram Webb passes New Orleans and blows up above Fort St. Phillip
The steamer Webb, after sailing downriver with stars and stripes, hoisted a rebel flag beyond New Orleans, then its crew deserted as conditions failed and the vessel blew up with no known damage aside from telegraph wire cut. Survivors from the Sultana, numbering about 800, arrived aboard the Belle St. Louis.
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Memphis
Webb
Fort St. Phillip
Belle
Rebel Ironclad Stonewall Seen Near West Indies Apprentice Shields
Navy reports the rebel ironclad Stonewall left Tene riffe on the 22d, now in the West Indies area. General Ingalls and Gen Gibbons arrived from City Point with seventy six rebel battle flags to be shown at the war department. Military posts are being set in St Mary, Prince George and Charles counties to protect loyal residents and deter treason. Edwin Booth seeks his brother’s body. government readies further operations from May first as travel and public curiosity rise in the area.
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Surrender of Johnston Nearing End of War Across Nation
New York April 99 Herald dispatches report Johnston's surrender to Sherman, signaling war end. Grant to reduce military forces. 50,000 to be dismissed. Davis capture hoped. Sultana explosion news. crowds in Columbus mourn Lincoln. Cortinas in Matamoros. gold prices volatile amid federal measures.
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Proclamation by the President from 1865 wartime orders
A historical proclamation dated April 29 1865 from President Andrew Johnson postponing special religious services, citing the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and directing national prayer observances. The document also includes military expense reduction orders, troop movement cautions, and supply cutbacks across bureaus.
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Tharadi
Abraham Ligt
Tate
United States
Andrew Johnson
Urata
Washington
Thia
Ap D
Aspain Jonsson
W. Huxtee
Discharge Orders For Soldiers And Prisoners Of War
The document orders honorably discharge all soldiers in hospitals requiring no further treatment and all officers and enlisted men who have been prisoners of war or on furlough. It directs discharge paperwork, amends returns for garrison forces, reduces clerical staff, and outlines property disposal and prisoner releases upon taking allegiance. Executed by the secretary of war through A A Nicou ns A A G Tuos W Vircunt A A G.
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Adjutant General of the Army
Secretary of War
United States
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A A. G. Tuos
W. Vircunt
Interview with Gen Lee on state rights and peace aims
Richmond correspondent recounts an interview with Gen Lee. Lee says he is a paroled officer and a soldier not a politician, ready to sacrifice for peace. He defends state rights, explains his loyalty to his native state, and views secession as a wartime choice while surrendering military force, not the doctrine. He condemns Lincoln's murder as a crime.
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Lee
United States
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Nonz
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