. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COPYRIGHT. 1911, PATRIOT PUB. THE CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY FALLEN The ruins of the armorj in the foreground, the pillars of the Petersburg and Richmond Railroad bridge across the James, a few housesin Manchester beyond the stream—this picture of desolation revives the scenes of wild commotion in Richmond on the 2d and 3dof .\pril, 18G5. On the 2d, a quiet Sunday, Jefferson Davis, at morning service in St. Pauls Church, received a despatch from Gen-eral Lee, announcing the imminent fall of Petersburg and the necessity of retreatin
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COPYRIGHT. 1911, PATRIOT PUB. THE CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY FALLEN The ruins of the armorj in the foreground, the pillars of the Petersburg and Richmond Railroad bridge across the James, a few housesin Manchester beyond the stream—this picture of desolation revives the scenes of wild commotion in Richmond on the 2d and 3dof .\pril, 18G5. On the 2d, a quiet Sunday, Jefferson Davis, at morning service in St. Pauls Church, received a despatch from Gen-eral Lee, announcing the imminent fall of Petersburg and the necessity of retreating that night. Mr. Davis left his seat calmly; butby half-past eleven a strange agitation began to appear in the streets, and by noon the worst was known. A hubbub of excitement,the rumbling of trains and rattling of wagons filled the afternoon. By sunset bands of ruffians made their appearance on the prin-. PATRIOT Poe- CO. THE DESERT AND THE WASTE PLACES IN RICHMOND, APRIL, 1865 cipal streets. That night was full of the pandemonium of flight. Orders for the burning of the arsenals and all public buildingswere issued before the officers of government left the city. To prevent drunkenness the alcoholic liquor was emptied into the gut-ters. The explosion of tlie magazines threw high into the air burning fragments which fell upon the adjacent buildings in Richmondand even across the river in Manchester. The hundreds of blazing piles lighted up the river with the brightness of dav as it rushedsparkling beneath the high-arched bridges past the flaming cities. .\t early dawn, amid the roar of the explosions and of the fallingbuildings, the clatter of Vnion cavalry was heard in the streets. The capital of the Confederacy had fallen. wn APPOMATTOX I now come to what I liavo always refrarded—shall ever resrard—asthe most creditable episode in all American history—an episode withouta blemi
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