United States troops entering Richmond, Virginia, April 3, 1865, artist impression, zoomable image

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

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07/25/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 6, 2015.

Depicted ContentGeorge F. Shepley, Orders for the Occupation of Richmond, Virginia, April 1865

Depicted ContentIn Richmond, teenaged Union officer Johnston De Peyster hoists the Stars and Stripes over the Confederate Capitol

Depicted ContentThe Confederate Government evacuates its capital of Richmond, hours before victorious Union troops march in

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engraving

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The Union Army Entering Richmond, April 3, 1865

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 22, 1864, p. 248.

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