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Fall of Richmond: the capital of the Confederacy....
Fall of Richmond: the capital of the Confederacy....
Item # 719683
April 04, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, April 4, 1865
* Fall of Richmond, Virginia
* Final nail in the coffin ?
* Civil War nearing the end
First column heads on the front page report the fall of Richmond: "GRANT" "Richmond Ours" "Weitzel Entered the Rebel Capital Yesterday Morning" "Many Guns Captured" "Our Troops Received with Enthusiasm" "The City On Fire" "Petersburg Evacuated" "Lee and His Army in Full Flight" "Grant In Pursuit to Cut off His Retreat" "Interesting Details of the Fighting on Saturday" Sheridan's Victory Near Dinwiddie the Turning Point of the Day" "Two four-Gun Batteries, 5000 Prisoners, Including Ransoms and Stuarts Brigades Complete Pickett's Division Train, and a Large Number of Small Arms and Accoutrements Captured" "Wright, with the Sixth Corps, Pierces the Enemy's Lines and Attacks Him in the Rear" "The Casualties" & more.
Some fine reporting inside as well, as seen in the photos.
This is a 2nd rate issue: eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, there is foxing to portions of the top half of the front page, 3 holes at front page folds, some wear at folds causing some perforation.
AI notes: On April 3, 1865, Richmond, Virginia—the capital of the Confederacy—fell to Union forces after a nine-month siege of nearby Petersburg finally broke the Southern defensive lines, forcing General Robert E. Lee to evacuate the city along with the Confederate government the night before. As retreating Confederate troops set fire to tobacco warehouses and other supplies to prevent their capture, the flames spread uncontrollably, creating a massive conflagration that consumed much of Richmond’s business district and filled the city with smoke and panic. At dawn, Union soldiers—many of them from African American regiments of the XXV Corps—entered the city, raised the U.S. flag above the Capitol, and began extinguishing fires and restoring order. The fall of Richmond delivered a devastating psychological and strategic blow to the Confederacy, symbolizing the collapse of its political center and foreshadowing Lee’s surrender at Appomattox just six days later, effectively signaling the approaching end of the Civil War.
* Fall of Richmond, Virginia
* Final nail in the coffin ?
* Civil War nearing the end
First column heads on the front page report the fall of Richmond: "GRANT" "Richmond Ours" "Weitzel Entered the Rebel Capital Yesterday Morning" "Many Guns Captured" "Our Troops Received with Enthusiasm" "The City On Fire" "Petersburg Evacuated" "Lee and His Army in Full Flight" "Grant In Pursuit to Cut off His Retreat" "Interesting Details of the Fighting on Saturday" Sheridan's Victory Near Dinwiddie the Turning Point of the Day" "Two four-Gun Batteries, 5000 Prisoners, Including Ransoms and Stuarts Brigades Complete Pickett's Division Train, and a Large Number of Small Arms and Accoutrements Captured" "Wright, with the Sixth Corps, Pierces the Enemy's Lines and Attacks Him in the Rear" "The Casualties" & more.
Some fine reporting inside as well, as seen in the photos.
This is a 2nd rate issue: eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, there is foxing to portions of the top half of the front page, 3 holes at front page folds, some wear at folds causing some perforation.
AI notes: On April 3, 1865, Richmond, Virginia—the capital of the Confederacy—fell to Union forces after a nine-month siege of nearby Petersburg finally broke the Southern defensive lines, forcing General Robert E. Lee to evacuate the city along with the Confederate government the night before. As retreating Confederate troops set fire to tobacco warehouses and other supplies to prevent their capture, the flames spread uncontrollably, creating a massive conflagration that consumed much of Richmond’s business district and filled the city with smoke and panic. At dawn, Union soldiers—many of them from African American regiments of the XXV Corps—entered the city, raised the U.S. flag above the Capitol, and began extinguishing fires and restoring order. The fall of Richmond delivered a devastating psychological and strategic blow to the Confederacy, symbolizing the collapse of its political center and foreshadowing Lee’s surrender at Appomattox just six days later, effectively signaling the approaching end of the Civil War.
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