Letter and printed document related to the fall of Richmond during the Civil War [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Collection Summary

See descriptions in GLC03744.01-02

Collection Details

GLC#: GLC03744
Type: Header Record
Date: 5 April 1865
Title: Letter and printed document related to the fall of Richmond during the Civil War [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written: s.l.
Pagination: 2 items

Time Period

Primary time period: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

Sub-Era: The American Civil War

Subjects

Confederate States of America

Battle

Battle of Richmond

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Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to unknown

April 5, 1865

Hooker, George H., fl. 1865

Union Assistant Adjutant General Hooker writes to an unknown Colonel to inform him that the forces under General Godfry Weitzel have just taken Richmond. Written on stationary marked "Head-Quarters Middle Department, Eigth Army Corps." Accompanied...

GLC03744.01

Collection Item

Document

[Orders for the government of Union occupied Richmond]

5 April 1865

Shepley, George Foster, 1819-1878

Printed Order on wove paper accompanying a letter indicating the fall of Richmond (GLC03744.01). The document enumerates the regulations and orders given by Major General Godfrey Weitzel established for the government of Richmond and the preservation...

GLC03744.02

Letter and printed document related to the fall of Richmond during the Civil War [Decimalized .01-.02]

Letter and printed document related to the fall of Richmond during the Civil War [Decimalized .01-.02]

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