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FALL OF RICHMOND – Public Ledger—Extra. Philadelphia, 3 April 1865. Second Edition.
Same-day broadside extra: “Richmond is Ours.” The news of the fall of the Confederate capital unfolded in a series of cables, evidenced in this one-sheet broadside. The top of the first column proclaims “Victory! Most Glorious News!!! … Petersburg Evacuated! Richmond Supposed to be,” then, from a 10:45am cable, “It appears … that our forces are in Richmond” and finally at the top of the second column there is the official confirmation: “We took Richmond at 8:15 this morning.”
Broadside, folio (433 x 308mm).
Same-day broadside extra: “Richmond is Ours.” The news of the fall of the Confederate capital unfolded in a series of cables, evidenced in this one-sheet broadside. The top of the first column proclaims “Victory! Most Glorious News!!! … Petersburg Evacuated! Richmond Supposed to be,” then, from a 10:45am cable, “It appears … that our forces are in Richmond” and finally at the top of the second column there is the official confirmation: “We took Richmond at 8:15 this morning.”
Broadside, folio (433 x 308mm).