Glory! Richmond and Petersburg Ours!!, April 3, 1865
     On April 3, 1865, after a nine-month siege, Union forces under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant forced the Confederates to surrender Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia. Within a week, the Civil War would be over.  
Glory! Richmond and Petersburg Ours!!, April 3, 1865

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