Lincoln's Drive Through Richmond by Dennis M. Carter, 1866
     A heroic tableau depicts President Lincoln's triumphant visit to Richmond on April 4, 1865. Although the artist placed him in a carriage, Lincoln actually walked to the Confederate White House, surrounded by cheering crowds, most of them African Americans liberated from slavery by the Union's victory.  
Lincoln's Drive Through Richmond by Dennis M. Carter, 1866

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