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Editorial, "Grant's Negro Troops," Chicago Tribune, April 8, 1865 Newspaper
Terms of the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to the Army of the Potomac, Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia Military record
General Robert E. Lee's farewell to his troops of the Army of Northern Virginia Military record
Charles Albright to William Gamble, April 10, 1865 Letter
Recollection of Confederate Captain George Baylor, April 10, 1865 Book
Abraham Lincoln, Last Speech in Public, April 11, 1865 Speech
William T. Sherman to Ulysses S. Grant, Smithfield, North Carolina, April 12, 1865 Military record
Major General Quincy A. Gillmore to Brigadier General E.D. Townsend, War Department, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1865 Military record
"The President's Speech - The Question of Reconstruction," New York Times, April 13, 1865 Newspaper
"The President on Reconstruction," Chicago Tribune, April 14, 1865 Newspaper
Reverend Henry Ward Beecher's remarks at the ceremony restoring the flag to Fort Sumter, South Carolina, April 14, 1865 Newspaper
Edwin M. Stanton to Major General William T. Sherman, April 15, 1865 Military record
Edwin Booth to Henry C. Jarrett, Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 1865 Letter
Henry W. Halleck to William T. Sherman, April 15, 1865 Military record
Maunsell Bradhurst Field to Editor New York Times, Letter accounting the Passing of President Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1865 Letter
Henry Reed Rathbone, Deposition on the events of April 14, 1865, Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. Judicial record
"The Consequence," Chicago Tribune, April 17, 1865 Newspaper
"The Great Calamity," Chicago Tribune, April 17, 1865 Newspaper
"The Murder of President Lincoln," New York Times, April 16, 1865 Newspaper
General George H. Chapman to General Winfield Scott Hancock, Winchester, Virginia, April 18, 1865 Military record