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The Confederate Capital Relocation

May 21, 2021 WalterCoffey

The Confederate Congress votes to adjourn after approving the relocation of the national capital from Montgomery, Ala., to Richmond, Va.

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Lincoln Visits Richmond

April 4, 2020 WalterCoffey

April 4, 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln visited the former Confederate capital of Richmond the day after its fall. Rear Admiral David D. Porter, commanding

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From J. Webster Stebbins, 9th Vermont

April 3, 2020 WalterCoffey

Letter from 1st Sergeant J. Webster Stebbins of Company I, 9th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, to his mother after his regiment became one of the first

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The Fall of Richmond: Part 2

April 3, 2020 WalterCoffey

April 3, 1865 – Federal troops entered the Confederate capital, having captured Richmond after four long, hard years of brutal warfare. On the morning of

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The Fall of Richmond

April 2, 2020 WalterCoffey

April 2, 1865 – As Federal forces entered Petersburg, the fall of the Confederate capital was imminent. Richmond’s elite gathered for Communion Sunday services at

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The End of 1863

December 31, 2018 WalterCoffey

December 31, 1863 – With the coming of a new year, morale among southerners fell to an all-time low as prospects for a Federal victory

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