USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Rebel capital of Richmond, Virginia, falls to the Union, the most significant sign that the Confederacy is nearing its final days.

Detailed explanation-2: -Largely because of events documented in this house during the Confederacy’s final week, Danville has become known as the “Last Capital of the Confederacy.” But the mansion’s connection to national history continued when it became a civil-rights sit-in location during the 1960’s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why was Richmond made the Confederate capital and how did that status change life there? Once Virginia seceded, the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond, the South’s second-largest city.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28, 000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.

Detailed explanation-5: -He made his reputation in Tennessee, at Fort Donelson and at the Battle of Shiloh. Of his later victories, three that stood out were the Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the Overland campaigns. At Vicksburg, Mississippi, Grant hoped to break the Confederate grip on the Mississippi River once and for all.