On April 3, 1865 Union general Godfrey Weitzel accepted the surrender of this city
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Richmond in the American Civil War - Wikipedia  Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the ... The city finally fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865, with large portions of the city destroyed by fires set during the evacuation. .... The occupation was overseen by General Godfrey Weitzel and later General Edward Ord. President...
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ENTRY of THE UNITED STATES FORCES into RICHMOND, VA ...  --APRIL 3, 1865 MINUTES OF RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL. RICHMOND ... tragic story of the fall of Richmond and its occupation by Union forces. General Godfrey ... In his narrative, printed herewith, General Godfrey Weitzel refers to this letter by .... Major Stevens accepted the surrender note and informed Mayor Mayo that.
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The Engineer Who Captured Richmond - The Military Engineer  The Engineer Who Captured Richmond In April of 1865, it was a young civil engineer ... led the all-black 25th Army Corps of Union troops into the burning city on April 3, 1865. ... But the federal officer who officially accepted the surrender of the Rebel ... Godfrey Weitzel marched into the Confederate capital and accepted its...
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April 3, 1865: Richmond Occupied By Union Troops  April 3, 1865: Richmond Occupied By Union Troops ... At 4:30 am, Major General Godfrey Weitzel informed Grant that he would advance into Richmond. ... Major Stevens accepted the surrender note and informed Mayor Mayo that he ... two cavalry guidons over the capitol, the first Union colors to fly over the city after its fall.
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The Fall of Richmond, Virginia - Civil War Trust  General view of the burned district of Richmond (Library of Congress) ... By early spring 1865 the citizens of Richmond had become used to the threat of ... at Five Forks on Saturday April 1, Lee made the decision to abandon the Petersburg .... Union General Godfrey Weitzel sent a telegram to General Grant: "We took...
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of 'Unconditional Surrender Begins at ...  When Grant and Foote turned their attention to Fort Donelson, they found an objective ... Fortunately for the Federals, the Confederates had made the fatal flaw of ... John B. Floyd, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Gideon Pillow and Bushrod Johnson, with .... Just 10 months earlier, after Fort Sumter surrendered, Confederate General...
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Battle of Gettysburg ends - Jul 03, 1863 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Battle of Gettysburg ends on Jul 03, 1863. ... On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's last attempt at .... had occurred during, and immediately after, the communist Tet Offensive.
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of 'Unconditional Surrender Begins at ...  Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, sent out a flag of truce asking the terms of surrender, Foote sent ... When Grant and Foote turned their attention to Fort Donelson, they found an ... The Southern assault pierced the right of the Union line and threatened to ... Thus Buckner, mostly through no fault of his own, became the first general in...
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Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox - The Civil War  Read this fascinating account of the Day that Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. ... Details of the Day as Recalled by General Ulysses S. Grant ... a coat, with the shoulder straps of my rank to indicate to the army who I was. ... As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassable face, it was impossible...
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Battle of Appomattox Court House - Wikipedia  The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union .... Grant, whose headache had ended when he received Lee's note, arrived at...
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Robert E. Lee - Encyclopedia Virginia  Early Years; Family and Military Life; The Politics of Slavery; The Union Divides; The Golden Year for the ... In Lee's uncertain army life, Arlington became an important anchor. .... A few days later he accepted command of Virginia's forces. ..... Cornered, Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House. "I fought...
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George Meade - Wikipedia  Hooker resigned from command of the Army of ... July 1 to 3, 1863, when he won the battle that is ... By the end of the first day, two Union infantry corps had ... During the three days, Meade made excellent ... at Gettysburg, General Lee's army retreated to Virginia.
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Richmond in the American Civil War - Wikipedia  View of Richmond above the Canal Basin, after the Evacuation Fire of 1865. Lithograph depicting the Evacuation Fire (Currier & Ives, 1865). Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the ... The city finally fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865, with large portions of the city...
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A* Wednesday Evening, April 2G, 1865. LOCAL AND ...  %W Eeception of the Remains of President Lincoln in New York; full details in the ... N. Y. S. N. G. Special Time Table fob the Funeral Train The special time ... but ho refused tho proffered favor in the folio whig spicy terms: Rochester, April 22,1865. .... This road was fully re-opened for business on Friday last, the 21st inst.
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When Washington, D.C. Came Close to Being Conquered by the ...  Jubal Early of the Confederate States Army, at least for a little while that day, ... The Union, heartily tired of war, would be electing its President in November. ... Lincoln approved; he had, after all, tried for three long years to find a general ... I hope neither Baltimore nor Washington will be sacked. ..... You should be proud.
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Battle of Gettysburg ends - Jul 03, 1863 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Battle of Gettysburg ends on Jul 03, 1863. ... On July 1, a Confederate division under General Henry Heth marched into Gettysburg hoping to ... On July 3, Lee, having failed on the right and the left, planned an assault on Meade's center. ... Day 2 at Gettysburg: The Union Line Holds at Little Round Top.
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The Last Surrenders of the Civil War | National Archives  The war, however, did not officially conclude at that tiny village west of ... capital, on April 2, 1865, officials in the Confederate government, including President ... The surrender at Appomattox took place a week later on April 9. While it ... Lee desperately sought a train loaded with supplies for his troops but encountered none.
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The Last Surrenders of the Civil War | National Archives  Aug 15, 2016 ... After the fall of Richmond, the Confederate capital, on April 2, 1865, ... The string of events marking the end of the war all began with Lee's Appomattox campaign. ... General Grant's forces counterattacked a week later on April 1 at Five Forks, .... He ended the telegram with one exception, "the guerrilla chief...
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McClellan lets Lee retreat from Antietam - Sep 18, 1862 - HISTORY ...  Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army pulls away from Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and heads back to Virginia. ... The significance of the battle was not Lee's withdrawal, but McClellan's lack of pursuit. When Lee settled into a defensive line above Antietam Creek on September 16, he had only about...
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Union Troops Capture Atlanta - History in the Headlines  Sep 2, 2014 ... On September 2, 1864, Atlanta surrendered to Union forces following a ... In this capacity, Grant came up with a plan to attack the Confederacy simultaneously on ... Lee in several bloody battles around Richmond, Virginia, the Southern capital. ... Virginia, a rail hub that Richmond depended on for supplies.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders - Apr 09, 1865 - HISTORY.com  At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his ... to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.