Richmond may 1865 book

The national park service is modifying its operations on a parkbypark basis in accordance. Read richmond daily dispatch newspaper archives, may 10, 1876, p. Learn about 182 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1865 or search by date or keyword. But when union officers caught up with davis on may 10, near. Jefferson davis fled richmond with multiple wagons filled with gold. Readers will come away with a new appreciation for that momentous month and a sharpened understanding of why and how the civil war was fought. Richmond remained the capital of the confederacy until april 2, 1865. Richmond, virginia, served as the capital of the confederate states of america for almost the. Oath of allegiance, 29 may 1865, of charles anthony of campbell county, virginia. On may 10, 1865, confederate president jefferson davis, fleeing richmond and having dissolved the confederate government, was captured by union forces in irwinville, georgia. Lee, jefferson davis, and stonewall jackson vacating premises in richmond as african.

Corner governor and cary streets, richmond, virginia, may 1865. Minute book, 28 august 18612 april 1862 and 21 december 1866, of the. One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of richmond, a daring lastditch southern plan for guerrilla warfare, lees harrowing retreat, and then, appomattox. Robbie robertson the band wrote the night they drove old dixie down. The first of may 1865 or general moving day in richmond, va. Letter book, 29 november 1862 31 march 1865, pertaining to the exchange and treatment of confederate and union prisoners of war. Between the two urban armies immediately under the eye of general grant, and the rebel.

Confederate capital of richmond is captured the rebel capital of richmond, virginia, falls to the union, the most significant sign that the confederacy is nearing its final days. The retreat of the army left the confederate capital of richmond, 25 miles to the north, defenseless. Richmond, embattled capital, 18611865 national park service. Federal forces fired on by confederate batteries at drewrys bluff eight miles south of richmond may 31. Detailed topographic map of the environs of richmond showing confederate fortifications in red, union fortifications in blue, roads, street pattern of richmond and manchester, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage. Lincolns triumphant visit to richmond the new york times. Shortly before noon on april 3, 1865, a telegraph operator on duty at the war department in washington, d.