Jefferson Davis's Flight from Richmond
In the space of a few hours on the night of April 2, 1865, Richmond, the Confederate capital, was evacuated and burned, the government fled, slavery was finished in North America, Union forces entered the city and the outcome of the Civil War was effectively sealed.
No official documents tell the story because the Confederate government was on the run. First there were newspaper accounts--mos...
In the space of a few hours on the night of April 2, 1865, Richmond, the Confederate capital, was evacuated and burned, the government fled, slavery was finished in North America, Union forces entered the city and the outcome of the Civil War was effectively sealed.
No official documents tell the story because the Confederate government was on the run. First there were newspaper accounts--mos...
