from May. 8, 1865
"The 'Loyal Southerners' Call on Mr. Johnson - His Address."
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"The 'Loyal Southerners' Call on Mr. Johnson - His Address."
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Report about a delegation of "loyal refugees" who visited President Johnson to offer their encouragement and cooperation. Johnson received their support gratefully and "assured them of his intention to discharge his duties in a way to bring peace at the earliest possible moment." Also included are details and speculation about Sherman's terms of surrender and reorganization of the presidential cabinet. Reprinted in the Montgomery Daily Mail on May 8, 1865.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, item number LN.1507. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail. ""The 'Loyal Southerners' Call on Mr. Johnson - His Address."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/202
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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May 8, 1865
from May. 8, 1865
"The 'Loyal Southerners' Call on Mr. Johnson - His Address."
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Report about a delegation of "loyal refugees" who visited President Johnson to offer their encouragement and cooperation. Johnson received their support gratefully and "assured them of his intention to discharge his duties in a way to bring peace at the earliest possible moment." Also included are details and speculation about Sherman's terms of surrender and reorganization of the presidential cabinet. Reprinted in the Montgomery Daily Mail on May 8, 1865.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, item number LN.1507. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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May 8, 1865
from May. 8, 1865
Proclamation by President Johnson
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"A Proclamation by the President."
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Proclamation issued by President Johnson, declaring May 25, 1865, as a national day of mourning: "...to be observed, wherever in the United States the flag of the country may be respected...recommending my fellow-citizens then to assemble in their respective places of worship, there to unite in solemn service to Almighty God in memory of the good man who has been removed, so that all shall be occupied at the same time in contemplation of his virtues and sorrow for his sudden and violent end." Published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on May 8.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, item number LN.1507. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail. ""A Proclamation by the President."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/201
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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May 8, 1865
from May. 8, 1865
"A Proclamation by the President."
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Proclamation issued by President Johnson, declaring May 25, 1865, as a national day of mourning: "...to be observed, wherever in the United States the flag of the country may be respected...recommending my fellow-citizens then to assemble in their respective places of worship, there to unite in solemn service to Almighty God in memory of the good man who has been removed, so that all shall be occupied at the same time in contemplation of his virtues and sorrow for his sudden and violent end." Published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on May 8.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, item number LN.1507. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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May 8, 1865
from May. 1, 1865
"The Assassination of the President."
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"The Assassination of the President."
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Editorial published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on May 1, 1865, regarding the reported assassination of President Lincoln. Two weeks after the event, the accounts "begin to assume the semblance of truth." The author condemns the murder while defending the South: "So far as the unfortunate masses of the South, who have been made the unwilling instruments of this rebellion, and who have been the chief sufferers under the grinding despotism in which it resulted, they deplore the event quite as much as their countrymen of the North, and would rejoice in common with their fellow citizens of the entire nation in the apprehension and punishment of the assassins and their accomplices."
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail. ""The Assassination of the President."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/200
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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May 1, 1865
from May. 1, 1865
"The Assassination of the President."
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Editorial published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on May 1, 1865, regarding the reported assassination of President Lincoln. Two weeks after the event, the accounts "begin to assume the semblance of truth." The author condemns the murder while defending the South: "So far as the unfortunate masses of the South, who have been made the unwilling instruments of this rebellion, and who have been the chief sufferers under the grinding despotism in which it resulted, they deplore the event quite as much as their countrymen of the North, and would rejoice in common with their fellow citizens of the entire nation in the apprehension and punishment of the assassins and their accomplices."
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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May 1, 1865
from Apr. 29, 1865
"More Particulars of the Tragedy at Washington"
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"The Assassination of the President! More Particulars of the Tragedy at Washington! Andrew Johnson President."
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Dispatch from Secretary of War Stanton on April 16, 1865, originally published in the Atlanta Intelligencer on April 25 (reprinted here in the Montgomery Daily Mail on April 29). This official statement announces the death of President Lincoln, the attempted assassination of Secretary of State Seward, and the pending inauguration of Vice President Andrew Johnson. The introduction to the dispatch condemns the murder: "A more appalling tragedy has not transpired in centuries...This sad event will cast a universal gloom over the nation, and North and South, this cowardly assassination will excite the most intense indignation."
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail. ""The Assassination of the President! More Particulars of the Tragedy at Washington! Andrew Johnson President."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/199
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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April 29, 1865
from Apr. 29, 1865
"The Assassination of the President! More Particulars of the Tragedy at Washington! Andrew Johnson President."
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Dispatch from Secretary of War Stanton on April 16, 1865, originally published in the Atlanta Intelligencer on April 25 (reprinted here in the Montgomery Daily Mail on April 29). This official statement announces the death of President Lincoln, the attempted assassination of Secretary of State Seward, and the pending inauguration of Vice President Andrew Johnson. The introduction to the dispatch condemns the murder: "A more appalling tragedy has not transpired in centuries...This sad event will cast a universal gloom over the nation, and North and South, this cowardly assassination will excite the most intense indignation."
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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April 29, 1865
from Apr. 28, 1865
"The Reported Assassination."
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"The Reported Assassination."
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Report about the assassination of President Lincoln, published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on April 28, 1865. This update draws its details from an account given by a man who had read "Eastern papers which differ in some respects from those we published some days ago."
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail. ""The Reported Assassination."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/198
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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April 28, 1865
from Apr. 28, 1865
"The Reported Assassination."
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Report about the assassination of President Lincoln, published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on April 28, 1865. This update draws its details from an account given by a man who had read "Eastern papers which differ in some respects from those we published some days ago."
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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April 28, 1865
from Apr. 24, 1865
Reports and editorial comments
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Reports and editorial comments about the assassination of President Lincoln.
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The first item discusses John Wilkes Booth, particularly his theatrical career (Booth had once performed at the Montgomery Theatre). The second item mentions newspapers received from other cities, demonstrating the interdependent nature of journalism at this time and place; the local paper had not yet definitely announced Lincoln's death, but it often published these accounts from other places. The third item is an excerpt from an editorial in the Meridian Clarion, condemning the assassination: "We hope, however, that the crime was not perpetrated by a Southerner, whom its very barbarity would disgrace. Such deeds could never do honor to the case we espoused..." These reports were published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on April 24, 1865.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail. "Reports and editorial comments about the assassination of President Lincoln.". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/197
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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April 24, 1865
from Apr. 24, 1865
Reports and editorial comments about the assassination of President Lincoln.
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The first item discusses John Wilkes Booth, particularly his theatrical career (Booth had once performed at the Montgomery Theatre). The second item mentions newspapers received from other cities, demonstrating the interdependent nature of journalism at this time and place; the local paper had not yet definitely announced Lincoln's death, but it often published these accounts from other places. The third item is an excerpt from an editorial in the Meridian Clarion, condemning the assassination: "We hope, however, that the crime was not perpetrated by a Southerner, whom its very barbarity would disgrace. Such deeds could never do honor to the case we espoused..." These reports were published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on April 24, 1865.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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April 24, 1865
from Apr. 24, 1865
"The Assassination of Lincoln."
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"The Assassination of Lincoln."
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Editorials published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on April 24, 1865, discussing the reported deaths of President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward. The first editorial denounces the assassinations, while still hoping "the entire story is a pure fabrication": "...we unconditionally condemn violence of this kind at any time, but at this peculiar juncture, we deplore it, as a calamity to the country at large...And we hope and insist that the South will not be held responsible for this unmanly act." Though several dispatches have been received confirming the assassinations (with "an air of plausibility about the whole"), the paper has not yet definitively stated the news as fact.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail. ""The Assassination of Lincoln."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/196
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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April 24, 1865
from Apr. 24, 1865
"The Assassination of Lincoln."
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Editorials published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on April 24, 1865, discussing the reported deaths of President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward. The first editorial denounces the assassinations, while still hoping "the entire story is a pure fabrication": "...we unconditionally condemn violence of this kind at any time, but at this peculiar juncture, we deplore it, as a calamity to the country at large...And we hope and insist that the South will not be held responsible for this unmanly act." Though several dispatches have been received confirming the assassinations (with "an air of plausibility about the whole"), the paper has not yet definitively stated the news as fact.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, book number ADVCOL39. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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April 24, 1865
from Apr. 22, 1865
"Late Northern News!"
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"Late Northern News!"
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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."
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Advertiser, book number ADVCOL40B. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Advertiser. ""Late Northern News!"". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/195
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Montgomery Daily Advertiser
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April 22, 1865
from Apr. 22, 1865
"Late Northern News!"
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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."
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Advertiser, book number ADVCOL40B. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Montgomery Daily Advertiser
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April 22, 1865
from May. 26, 1865
"The Montgomery Meeting."
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"The Montgomery Meeting."
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Resolutions adopted by a meeting of citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, regarding reconciliation with the United States after the end of the Civil War: "Resolved, that we hereby pledge to the Government of the United States our earnest and zealous co-operation in the work of restoring the State of Alabama to her proper relations with the Union, at the earliest practicable moment..." The group also states that the attacks on President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward "are acts of infamous diabolism revolting to every upright and honest heart." Published in the Alabama Beacon on May 26, 1865.
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Excerpt from the Alabama Beacon, book number 33.0010. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Alabama Beacon. ""The Montgomery Meeting."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/194
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Alabama Beacon
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May 26, 1865
from May. 26, 1865
"The Montgomery Meeting."
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Resolutions adopted by a meeting of citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, regarding reconciliation with the United States after the end of the Civil War: "Resolved, that we hereby pledge to the Government of the United States our earnest and zealous co-operation in the work of restoring the State of Alabama to her proper relations with the Union, at the earliest practicable moment..." The group also states that the attacks on President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward "are acts of infamous diabolism revolting to every upright and honest heart." Published in the Alabama Beacon on May 26, 1865.
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Excerpt from the Alabama Beacon, book number 33.0010. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Alabama Beacon
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May 26, 1865
from May. 12, 1865
"Death of Lincoln. Great Tragedy in Washington."
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"Death of Lincoln. Great Tragedy in Washington."
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Dispatches originally published in the Atlanta Intelligencer on April 21 (shown here reprinted in the Alabama Beacon on May 12). These reports from Secretary of War Stanton, all dated April 15, give details and updates about the events surrounding President Lincoln's assassination. The following statement appears after the official accounts: "The investigation into the late conspiracy, shows that Mr. Lincoln's death had been attempted by poison."
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Excerpt from the Alabama Beacon, book number 33.0010. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Alabama Beacon. ""Death of Lincoln. Great Tragedy in Washington."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 29, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/193
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Alabama Beacon
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May 12, 1865
from May. 12, 1865
"Death of Lincoln. Great Tragedy in Washington."
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Dispatches originally published in the Atlanta Intelligencer on April 21 (shown here reprinted in the Alabama Beacon on May 12). These reports from Secretary of War Stanton, all dated April 15, give details and updates about the events surrounding President Lincoln's assassination. The following statement appears after the official accounts: "The investigation into the late conspiracy, shows that Mr. Lincoln's death had been attempted by poison."
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Excerpt from the Alabama Beacon, book number 33.0010. Catalog record for this title is available here.
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Alabama Beacon
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May 12, 1865