. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THE FALL OF RICHMOND When the news reached Richmond, April i, , that Lees slender lines had been broken below Petersburgand that the city was forthwith to be abandoned, pandemonium ruled for a brief space of time. All that dayby train and wagon, by horse and on foot, the people fled from the city. Early in the evening bands ofruffians appeared, and pillaged and caroused until the arrest of their ringleaders. The magazines wereexploded, and Richmond flamed up to t
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THE FALL OF RICHMOND When the news reached Richmond, April i, , that Lees slender lines had been broken below Petersburgand that the city was forthwith to be abandoned, pandemonium ruled for a brief space of time. All that dayby train and wagon, by horse and on foot, the people fled from the city. Early in the evening bands ofruffians appeared, and pillaged and caroused until the arrest of their ringleaders. The magazines wereexploded, and Richmond flamed up to the sky, turning the darkness into daylight. There was little sleep [31S1
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