1865 newspaper LYNCHBURG CAPTURED+finalBattle Civil War
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Please VISIT OUR EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of more HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE ORIGINAL Civil War newspaper, the New York Daily Tribune dated April 13, 1865. Prominent front page headline and report on the capture of LYNCHBURG, Virginia by Union forces. Also a prominent front page headline and 3+ columns of detailed news reports on what was in effect the final military campaign of the Civil War. This culminated in the BATTLE of FIVE FORKS (Virginia) that was termed the "Waterloo of the Confederacy." LOng and very detailed account of GeneralPhil Sheridan and the Battle of Five Forks. The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia , in Dinwiddie County , during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War . The battle, sometimes referred to as the " Waterloo of the Confederacy ," pitted Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan against Confederate Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett of Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia . Pickett's loss at Five Forks triggered Lee's decision to abandon his entrenchments around Petersburg and begin the retreat that led to his surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9. Very Good condition. This listing includes the complete
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