Walter Coffey's Blog, page 6

The Gentler Gamester is the Soonest Winner

While visiting Richmond, President Abraham Lincoln quickly sets about working to restore Virginia to the Union.Continue reading

The Most Cruel Marching Order

Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army reaches Amelia Court House, but Federal forces closing in on them means they have no time for rest.Continue reading

Lincoln Enters the Confederate Capital

President Abraham Lincoln visits the former Confederate capital of Richmond the day after its fall.Continue reading

The Amelia Campaign

As Federals capture Petersburg and Richmond, Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army escapes across the Appomattox River. The Confederate lines finally broke after nearly 10 months of trench warfare, but Lee’s forces are not yet conquered.Continue reading

From J. Webster Stebbins, 9th Vermont

Letter from 1st Sergeant J. Webster Stebbins of Company I, 9th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, to his mother after his regiment became one of the first to enter Richmond.Continue reading

The Fall of Richmond

Federal troops enter the Confederate capital, having captured Richmond after four long, hard years of brutal warfare. The chaos of jubilant and defiant residents illustrates the city’s bleak transformation.Continue reading

Now the Nightmare is Gone

As Federal troops continue pouring into Petersburg, Abraham Lincoln enters the captured city as Ulysses S. Grant makes plans to capture Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army.Continue reading

The Fall of Selma

Federal cavalry led by James H. Wilson captures the important manufacturing city of Selma, Alabama, and asserts firm control over the interior of the Deep South.Continue reading

The Devil Was Loosed

As Federal forces enter Petersburg, the fall of the Confederate capital of Richmond is imminent.Continue reading

The Fall of Petersburg

Federal troops finally break the Confederate defenses and conquer Petersburg, Virginia, after nine grueling months of siege warfare.Continue reading