"Now He Belongs to the Ages"

(SOMBER CONTENT)

by George Barany and Marcia Brott

This "mid-week level" puzzle (15x16), which first appeared in the April issue of Natural Selections, as accessed here, marked, in a respectful manner, an important sesquicentennial in American history (pictorial hint to the right). For a bonus answer, read the circled letters from top to bottom, one letter per row. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about its subject by clicking here, here, here, and here. See also the Sunday-sized companion puzzle for a more expansive, and nominally humorous, approach to the same theme.

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution.

If you want to tell others about this particular page, refer them to
http://tinyurl.com/april1865puz

More puzzles here (all), here (current events), and here (tributes).

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