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See the article in its original context from April 5, 1865, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine. ... The capture of Richmond plucks out the very heart of the rebellion.
Grant and Lee on the Capture of Richmond. Share full article. Jan. 26, 1865. ... See the article in its original context from January 26, 1865, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.
April 6, 1865 : the president’s second visit, to Richmond after its capture. His first visit was on April 4th, the day following the entry of the Union army.↩↩ ...
Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865,” tells stories from a variety of perspectives — personal, community and family.
Richmond Free Press photojournalists showcase powerful images from 2020 protests in "Re-Framing Protest: NOW" exhibition at ...
Charles A. Cook who was serving with Company G of the 1st Veteran Volunteer Engineers continued his diary entries in April of 1865. On April 3, 1865, the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia ...
Near the anniversary of the capture of Richmond by British General Benedict Arnold, a walking tour group explored the grounds of Chimborazo Park on Sunday morning.
The flames of Richmond’s final moments as capital of the Confederacy have ignited the enthusiasm of hundreds of participants for commemorative events marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
It was May 10, 1865 when the unit commanded by the Allegan native captured the fugitive Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, outside Irwinville, Ga.
RICHMOND, Va. -- At the intersection of 31st and P Streets in Church Hill, the only changes in 70 years you see are the faces and modes of transportation. But across Richmond, some Kodak moments ...
A Narrative of Capture and Captivity/Prison-Life in the South: At Richmond, Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh, Goldsborough, and Andersonville, During the Years 1864 and 1865.
Union soldiers had plenty of reason to worry as — late on the night of April 2, 1865 — they peered through the gloom and tried to puzzle out what was happening in the Confederate defens… ...