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Fall of Richmond Fifty Years Later Recalls Civil War
A Pittsburgh writer recalls the fall of Richmond in April 1865 as he grows older, detailing Grant’s campaigns, the capture of the city, the entry of Union troops led by the 24th corps, the freeing of enslaved people, and the emotional scene at Capitol Square as Old Glory replaced the Rebel flag.
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Richmond
D. M. Fair
Pittsburg
Blairsville
Presbyterian Banner
Fair
Blacklick
206Th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Grant
Petersburg
Abraham’ Lincoln
Lee
South
Confederacy
North
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
James River
City Point
Longstreet
Ewell
Godfrey Weitzel
Jst
25Th Corps
Gary
Capitol Square
Capitol Building
de Peyster
Libby Prison
Castle Shunder
Belle Isle
Washington
Capitol