Independence and Reunification for the United States - the newspaper coverage of the end of the Revolutionary War and the Civil War

Original editions of the news coverage of the end of the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.  Included is an edition of the Revolutionary War’s end from the British perspective.

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The Pennsylvania Gazette contains news coverage of the decisive victory by the American forces over the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This marked the practical end of the Revolutionary War.

The Northampton Mercury (England) contains the British perspective of the end of the Revolutionary War….and a front-page Proclamation by King George III.

The New York Times reports the dramatic surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General U.S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House, signaling the end of the American Civil War and the preservation of the country.