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Showing posts with label Evacuation of Richmond & Petersburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Evacuation of Richmond & Petersburg. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, April 2, 1865

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PETERSBURG, April 2 , 1865 . His Excellency President DAVIS, Richmond, Va.: I think it is absolutely necessary that we should abando...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Jefferson Davis to the People of the Confederate States of America

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DANVILLE, VA., April 4 , 1865 . TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA: The general-in-chief of our army has found it ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Diary of Julia Ward Howe: Monday, April 3, 1865

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. . . . Richmond was taken this morning. Laus Deo! SOURCE: Laura E. Richards & Maud Howe Elliott,  Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 , ...
Sunday, February 4, 2018

Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, April 3, 1865 – 8:30 a.m.

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CITY POINT, VA., April 3 , 1865 — 8 . 30 a.m. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: This morning General Grant reports Peters...
Saturday, February 3, 2018

Charles A. Dana to Edwin M. Stanton, April 7, 1865 – 6 p.m.

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AIKEN'S LANDING, April 5 , 1865 — 11 . 30 a.m.    (Received 2 p.m.) Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Little is kno...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Sunday, April 9, 1865

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Revelie this morning on the drums which is the first time while we have been before Spanish fort. Soon as breakfast is over many of the men...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Tuesday, March 7, 1865

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Day rather cool to be agreeable drilled the co. P. M. 1 hour, rained at 8 P. M. News is that a Rebel Ram French built has appeared in the G...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Tuesday Night, April 11, 1865

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No light on our sorrow — still gloomy, dark, and uncertain. I went to-day to the hospital, as was my duty. My dear friend S. T. chee...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: April 3, 1865

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Agitated and nervous, I turn to my diary to-night as the means of soothing my feelings. We have passed through a fatal thirty-six hours. Ye...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Lydia McLane Johnston: March 15, 1865

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Charlotte, North Carolina , March 15th, 1865, Charlotte is in a state of great excitement to-day, at the arrival of the President's...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Brigadier General Thomas Kilby Smith, April 9, 1865

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Headquarters District Of South Alabama, Fort Gaines, Ala. , April 9, 1865. I have this moment received news that Petersburg has falle...
Friday, May 9, 2014

General Robert E. Lee, April 2, 1865

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 2 , 1865 . Generals Longstreet's and Hill's corps will cross the pontoon bridge...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

General Robert E. Lee to John C. Breckinridge, April 2, 1865

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HEADQUARTERS, VIA PETERSBURG, April 2, 1865. GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE. I see no prospect of doing more than holding our position here ...