Lee immediately informs President Jefferson Davis that…

April 1865 CE

 Lee immediately informs President Jefferson Davis that Richmond and Petersburg can no longer be held following the Confederate defeat in the Battle of Five Forks, and the evacuation is carried out that night.

Lee abandons Richmond on April 2; President Davis and most of his cabinet leave by train for Danville, Virginia.

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Richmond Richmond Virginia United States View →

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Godfrey Weitzel View → Jefferson Davis View → Judah P. Benjamin View → Robert E. Lee View → Ulysses S. Grant View →

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Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War View → American Civil War & Reconstruction; 1864 through 1875 View → Petersburg, Siege of View →

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