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Historical Highway MarkersLincoln’s Visit to RichmondSA-88
Pres. Abraham Lincoln traveled up the James River from City Point and entered Richmond near 17th Street on 4 April 1865. Word of his arrival spread quickly, sparking a joyous celebration as crowds of newly freed African Americans surrounded him. Lincoln walked through the captured capital, still smoldering from the fire set on 3 April by evacuating Confederates, to Union headquarters at the former Confederate Executive Mansion. He left the mansion in a carriage, visited Capitol Square and Libby Prison, and proceeded to the USS Malvern at Rocketts Landing. On 9 April, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: The Lincoln Institute. “Mr. Lincoln and Freedom: Entering Richmond,” http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=84&subjectID=3 (accessed June 24, 2010) Lankford, Nelson. Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital. Michigan: Viking, 2008. Loewen, James W. Lies Across America: What our Historic Sites get Wrong. New York: Touchstone, 2000. Hay, John and John George Nicolay. Abraham Lincoln: A History Volume 10. New York: The Century Co., 1890 Weitzel, Godfrey. Entry of the United States Forces into Richmond, Virginia, April 3, 1865. Calling together of the Virginia Legislature and Revocation of the same. Ed. Louis H. Mannarin (Richmond: Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee, 1965). |