"Booth positively arrested"

Full Title

Later from the north; Booth positively arrested

Description

This clipping includes news of Booth's arrest by way of U.S. military telegraph from Hilton Head, South Carolina, and proceedings from a meeting of the Army and Navy held in Hilton Head regarding raising funds for a monument to President Lincoln to be erected in Springfield, Illinois. Also included is a letter to the editor suggesting a meeting should be held in Savannah, Georgia, for the same purpose of raising funds for the monument.

Source

Georgia Historical Society newspaper collection

Rights

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Tags

• army: Union

• navy: Union

• arrest

• monument

• untranscribed: printed

Cite this Item

Savannah Republican. "Later from the north; Booth positively arrested".

Savannah Republican

Item Type

Newspaper

Creator

Savannah Republican

Publisher

Savannah Republican

Date

April 24, 1865

Region

Confederate states