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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: October 25, 2009
Caption: Three Days in April 1865 Exhibit
Additional Description: Along this bridge, the events of the first week in April 1865—when Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, fell to the Union army—are recounted in the words of people who were present at the time. Some were witnesses and others participants as the Confederates evacuated the city, the Union army marched down Main Street, and enslaved Richmonders gained their freedom.
Submitted: October 28, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p82402
File Size: 1.049 Megabytes

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