Central Illinois in the Civil War, Day by Day : A Journey through the Civil War through the eyes of individual Soldiers, and their loved ones, with additional documentation provided by the newspapers of Central Illinois.
Date:
Saturday, May 13, 1865
Credit Line:
Peoria Historical Society Collection
Object ID:
2008.21.23
Object Name:
Newspaper
Accession#:
2008.21
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
People:
Booth, John Wilkes
Brown, John
Davis, Jefferson
Lincoln, Abraham
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Weekly American Flag of San Francisco. Headlines include information of the surrender of the civil war and the "Decisive Actions of the War". There is mention of Libby Prison, Lincolns assassination and the presence of Union soliders in Confederate cities.
Search Terms:
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Civil War
Death of John Brown
Libby Prison
Occupation of Richmond
Source:
Becker, Jaki
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Subjects:
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Civil War
Death of John Brown
Libby Prison
Occupation of Richmond
Title:
Weekly American Flag
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