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Richmond is captured!
Richmond is captured!
Item # 706602
April 04, 1865
THE BANGER JEFFERSONIAN, Maine, April 4, 1865
* Confederate capital is captured
* Abraham Lincoln given the news
* End of the Civil War nears
Page 2 has column heads reporting the wonderful news for the Yankees: "POSTSCRIPT-- More Glorious News! RICHMOND TAKEN!" Included in the several dispatches is one signed by: A. Lincoln, noting: "This morning General Grant reports Petersburg evacuated, and he is confident that Richmond also is. He is pushing forward to cut off, if possible, the retreating army." Following this is:
"The Capture of Richmond Confirmed!" "The City On Fire".
Page 2 has other war-related reports as well.
Complete with 4 pages, good condition.
background: The capture of Richmond, Virginia, on April 3, 1865, marked the dramatic collapse of the Confederate capital and signaled the imminent end of the American Civil War. After a prolonged siege that had lasted nearly a year, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant finally broke the Confederate lines at Petersburg in early April, forcing General Robert E. Lee to evacuate both Petersburg and Richmond. As Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet fled south, the city was left vulnerable. Union troops, led by Grant and Major General Philip Sheridan, entered Richmond on April 3 to find it largely abandoned, though fires set by retreating Confederates were still raging, particularly in military depots and warehouses. Despite the chaos, Union soldiers quickly moved to extinguish the flames and restore order. The fall of Richmond, coupled with Lee's retreat westward, marked the Confederacy's collapse, and just days later, Lee would surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, effectively ending the war. The capture of the city not only deprived the Confederacy of its capital and vital resources but also symbolized the final disintegration of the Confederate government and military power.
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