Lincoln's Visit To Richmond

[Jim Klag]

April 4, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln visits Richmond, VA, after arriving aboard the USS Malvern, taking time to sit in Jefferson Davis' chair in the Confederate White House.

Lincoln's Visit to Richmond - Richmond National Battlefield Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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[Jim Klag]

Lincoln's Triumphant Visit to Richmond

The president’s low-key tour of the fallen Confederate capital demonstrated how he planned to rebuild the defeated South.

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