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The Last Signal

Record #:
8784
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Abstract:
This is the second half of Lieutenant George C. Rounds' first-hand account of being in Raleigh in 1865. This part recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the end of the war. Rounds sent a message from the top of the Capitol builging announcing the end of the war. The message read P-E-A-C-E.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 2, July 1980, p26-28, il