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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: October 25, 2009
Caption:
Tuesday, April 4 Quotations | Additional Description: “The song, ‘On to Richmond!,’ was ended —— Richmond was in the hands of the Federals.”
Nellie Grey, Richmond resident
“Nothing new here. The fires are out and perfect quiet reigns.”
Union Major General Godfrey Weitzel
“You are free—free as air…you can cast off the name of slave and trample upon it.”
President Abraham Lincoln
“I know that I am free, for I have seen Father Abraham.”
An African-American woman in the crowd surrounding Lincoln at Capitol Square
“My heart is too full for words.”
Mary Custis Lee, wife of General Robert E. Lee
“Thank God that I lived to see this.”
President Abraham Lincoln
“You should be sadly grieved to see the desolation of our beautiful city.”
Margaret Ellis, Richmond resident, to her husband, Powhatan EllisSubmitted: October 28, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p82410
File Size: 1.076 Megabytes
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