Richmond Reacts to the Start of War: "Tear down that accursed flag"
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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The thought of Civil War Richmond brings to mind scenes of devastation and destruction caused by Confederates as they abandoned the city in early April, 1865. But there is also the Richmond of 1861, where patriotic fervor for the nascent Confederacy exploded in the wake of the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Here's a description of the mood on April 13, 1861, from the diary of a Confederate artilleryman.
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