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Civil War telegram scrapbook, March 25 to May 27, 1865.

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Title:
Civil War telegram scrapbook, March 25 to May 27, 1865.
Collection:
Images from the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
Date:
1865
Site:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
ID Number:
TXT2013_0002
Catalog Record:
2904355
Collection Number:
4975
File Name:
TXT2013_0002.pdf
Work Type:
telegrams
scrapbooks
Subject:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Communications
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879
Description:
Scrapbook of contemporary copies of official War Department telegraph messages, from March 25 to May 27, 1865, documenting the end of the Civil War, Lee's surrender at Appomatox, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Many of the telegrams were directed to Major General Dix or to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
Cite As:
Gustave Wambach, collector, Civil War telegram scrapbook, #4975. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
Gustave Wambach, collector, Civil War telegram scrapbook
Format:
Image
Rights:
Presumed to be in the public domain because of creation date.

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