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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1865
Page
2
The piece urges unity after the rebellion’s collapse and outlines the upcoming Union State Convention, naming key figures and debates over Reconstruction. It recalls Lincoln’s assassination, Sherman’s actions, and the nationwide mourning, while warning against rebel influence and advocating electoral consolidation under loyal leaders.
Washington dispatches detail a vast conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln and attack government heads. The Times special notes leaders of the rebellion orchestrated the plot as their desperate act, with arrests and autopsies described, while battles and surrenders reshape the war’s aftermath.
The document references President Johnson and a proclamation dated April 2001 and 8 9, detailing religious devotion, delays, and a steamship line between New York and Richmond. It notes Booth's alleged Washington stay and claims a plot to murder Lincoln and officials was known and approved by conspirators.
The pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and his companion Harold ended when a barn on Henry Garrett’s land near Port Royal was set ablaze. Booth was shot in the head as he tried to escape, Harold surrendered, and Booth died a few hours later. Corbett, the man who fired the fatal shot, is a New York cavalry sergeant described as devout and steadfast.
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