Under date of Richmond, Oct. 25. Lieut. HOOPER, of Company N, BAKER'S Regiment, writes: "There were from five to six hundred of us taken prisoners and conveyed to Leesburgh, which place we left ...
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Oct. 26, 1861. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit ... but after Bull Run was again hand and glove with the rebels. He went to Richmond to purchase goods, where he still ...
In 1861, following Virginia's secession from the Union, Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy. The city's capitol building subsequently became the home of both the state's General ...