. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . lost during the hasty retreat ofPresident Davis and his cabinetat the evacuation of Richmond,April, 1865. Below, we see thecity of Richmond from afar, withtlie Capitol standing out boldly ontlie hill. McClellan was not des-tined to reach this coveted goal,and it would not have meant thefall of the Confederacy had he then(lone so. When Lmcoln enteredthe building in 1865, the Con-federacy had been beaten as muchby the blockade as by the opera-tions of Grant and Sherman
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . lost during the hasty retreat ofPresident Davis and his cabinetat the evacuation of Richmond,April, 1865. Below, we see thecity of Richmond from afar, withtlie Capitol standing out boldly ontlie hill. McClellan was not des-tined to reach this coveted goal,and it would not have meant thefall of the Confederacy had he then(lone so. When Lmcoln enteredthe building in 1865, the Con-federacy had been beaten as muchby the blockade as by the opera-tions of Grant and Sherman withvastly superior forces. THE GOAL—THE CONFEDERATE CAPITOL. Copyright by Patriot Pub. Co,
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