"Late Northern News!"

Full Title

"Late Northern News!"

Description

Reports from Memphis, Tennessee, giving details and updates about the death of President Lincoln (published in the Montgomery Daily Advertiser on April 22, 1865). They also state that Secretary of State Seward has been killed, but that assassination attempt was actually unsuccessful. Near the end of the piece is a note describing the reaction of some southerners to the event: "Several citizens were arrested in Memphis on Sunday for expressing joy at the above news."

Source

Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Advertiser, book number ADVCOL40B. Catalog record for this title is available here.

Rights

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Tags

• conspirator

• arrest

• assassination details

• first news

• first reaction

• misinformation

• mourning

• untranscribed: printed

Cite this Item

Montgomery Daily Advertiser. ""Late Northern News!"". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/195

Item Type

Newspaper

Creator

Montgomery Daily Advertiser

Date

April 22, 1865

Region

Confederate states