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was also located. The explosion killed several of the paupers who were being housed in a temporary Alms-house, and a sleeping person on 2nd St. The concussion shattered windows all over the city. The fire in the largely abandoned city spread out of control, and large parts of Richmond were destroyed,
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in the same period. Tredegar is also credited with the production of approximately 10,000 artillery pieces during the war which was about half of the South's total domestic production of artillery between the war years of 1861–1865. The foundry made the 723 tons of armor plating that covered the
142:, additional states seceded. Virginia voted to secede from the Union on April 17, 1861, ratified its secession by popular vote on May 23, and existed briefly thereafter as a republic before joining the Confederacy on June 19, 1861. However, on May 8, 1861, in the Confederate Capital City of 865:", which features the lyric, "...by May the 10th (1865) Richmond had fell, it was a time I remember oh so well". On May 10, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, fleeing Richmond and having dissolved the Confederate government, was captured by Union forces in Irwinville, Georgia. 84:. By April 1865, the Confederate government realized the siege was almost over and abandoned the city lest they be captured. The retreating Confederates chose to burn military supplies rather than let them fall into Union hands; the resulting fire destroyed much of central Richmond. 249:
Numerous smaller factories in Richmond produced tents, uniforms, harnesses and leather goods, swords and bayonets, and other war materials. As the war progressed, the city's warehouses became the supply and logistical center for much of the Confederate forces within the
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in July 1863. Subsequent campaigning in the balance of the year failed to bring about a decisive battle, and Richmond residents settled down to the winter of 1863–64 mostly still optimistic about the Confederacy's fortunes.
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reaching to the very edge of Capitol Square mostly unchecked. The conflagration was not completely extinguished until the mayor and other civilians went to the Union lines east of Richmond on New Market Road (now
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The retreating soldiers were under orders to set fire to bridges, and supply warehouses as they left. This included exploding the Powder Magazine in the early morning of April 3, at the
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Even as other portions of the South were already falling, the failure of the Peninsula Campaign to take Richmond led to almost three more years of warfare between the states.
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From Civility to Survival: Richmond Ladies During the Civil War: The Ladies reveal their wartime private thoughts and struggles in compelling diaries and emotional memories
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and the Atlantic Ocean. At the fall of Richmond in April 1865, all but the Richmond and Danville Railroad and the canal had effectively been cut off by Union forces.
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Stout, Harry S., and Christopher Grasso. "Civil War, Religion, and Communications: The Case of Richmond." in by Randall M. Miller and Harry S. Stout, eds.,
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Berler, Anne Karen. "Unconquerable Defiance": Richmond Newspapers and Confederate Defeat, 1864–1865. (MA Thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007).
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song, "Trudy", compares the taking of Richmond by Grant with the narrator saying that he was "raking in chips like Grant took Richmond" in a poker game.
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Richmond remained the capital of the Confederacy until April 2, 1865, at which point the government evacuated and was re-established, albeit briefly, in
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was laid out in 1887, with a series of monuments at various intersections honoring the city's Confederate heroes. Included (east to west) were
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at the eastern tip of the Peninsula. Efforts to take Richmond by the James River were successfully blocked by Confederate defenses at the
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Over a period of seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, Richmond's defensive line of batteries and fortifications set up under General
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and its high level of defense, the city processed many casualties of both sides: as home to numerous hospitals (the largest such being
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houses the largest comprehensive collection of artifacts and personal effects relating to the Confederacy. Other museums include the
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The city used to have a number of markers and monuments commemorating the Civil War and the city's role in the Confederacy.
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on May 15, about eight miles downstream from Richmond. The Union Army advance was halted shortly outside of the city at the
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On March 13, 1863, the Confederate Laboratory on Brown's Island was rocked by an explosion that killed dozens of workers.
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Zombek, Angela M. "Paternalism and Imprisonment at Castle Thunder: Reinforcing Gender Norms in the Confederate Capital."
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District DHR #127-7231
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features an image of the famous Currier and Ives print of the city burning as the cover art for their album
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Titus, Katherine R. "The Richmond Bread Riot of 1863: Class, Race, and Gender in the Urban Confederacy"
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outside of the city. Over 600 Union Prisoners of War had been originally interred in the
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Richmond was also a transportation hub. It was the terminus of five railroads: the
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Chesson, Michael B. "Harlots or Heroines? A New Look at the Richmond Bread Riot."
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Michael B. Chesson, "Harlots or Heroines? A New Look at the Richmond Bread Riot."
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is the final burial place of many Civil War notables, including Jefferson Davis,
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By comparison, the population of Washington, D.C. was 61,122 in the 1860 census
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Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction: Slavery in Richmond Virginia, 1782–1865
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and the mother of a soldier. The militia was called out to end the riot.
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was formed in early 1861 from the first states to secede from the Union.
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View of Richmond above the Canal Basin, after the Evacuation Fire of 1865
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Map of Richmond during the war; areas burnt during the evacuation in red
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Harwell, Richard Barksdale. "Civil War Theater: The Richmond Stage."
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In the late spring of 1862, a large Federal army under Major General
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A Long Shadow: Jefferson Davis and the Final Days of the Confederacy
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Mouer, L. Daniel; McQueen, Lenora; Smith, Ryan K.; Thompson, Steve;
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Richmond skyline after the Evacuation Fire, viewed from across the
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Lithograph depicting the Evacuation Fire (Currier & Ives, 1865)
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warships in March 1862. The Tredegar works were adjacent to the
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The Confederate State of Richmond: A Biography of the Capital
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The Confederate State of Richmond: A Biography of the Capital
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Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible of War
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Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital
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Rebel Richmond: Life and Death in the Confederate Capital
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on May 31 and June 1, 1862 (near the site of what is now
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As a result of its proximity to the battlefields of the
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The Union made many attempts to invade Richmond. In the
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from May 8, 1861, before that date the capital had been
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The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
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Confederate Citadel: Richmond and Its People at War
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Richmond, Virginia
Confederate States of America
American Civil War
Montgomery, Alabama
Confederate States Army
Peninsula Campaign
George McClellan
James River
Robert E. Lee
Seven Days Battles
General Ulysses S. Grant
Petersburg

Virginia State Capitol
Customs House
1860 United States Census
Confederate States of America
Montgomery, Alabama
Fort Sumter
Charleston, South Carolina
Civil War
Montgomery, Alabama
Seal of the Confederate States
George Washington
Washington Monument
Danville, Virginia

Tredegar Iron Works

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