Today in history
Subtitle: May 10
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Railroads; History; Statesmen; Biography
Other titles: May 10
Description: Presents a discussion of the first transcontinental railway in the United States, which was completed on May 10, 1869. Also presents a discussion of the capture of  Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irwinville, Georgia by Union troops on May 10, 1865.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Uncle Sam's belt; title: Jefferson Davis captured!