Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-07-22
EVACUATION DAY.
AN ANNIVERSARY THAT RECALLS
MUCH IN RECENT HISTORY.


MUCH IN RECENT HISTORY.
a Day in Richmond That Meant Great
Deal to Millions of People Less Than
Thirty Years Ago-How the City Has
Grown Since It's Surrender.
The most eventful day in the history Of
Richmond-one of the most eventful in the
history of this country-was Monday,
April 8, 1865, when the Cenfederates evac-
uated this city and it was occupied by the
Federal army.
Richmond and Petersburg fell stimuli
taneously and the surrender at Appomat
tox occurred six days later. Thus the four
years. war ended and slavery was abolished
and the relation of the states to the Fed
eral Union was vastly changed.
Twice during the progress of that bloody
war the two armies lay before Richmond
for long periods, and often the city was
threatened by the presence of the raiders
of the Federal army. Once one of these
parties reached Ben Green's farm, on the
Westham Gary street, turnpike, and was
there met and turned back by the youths
of the city, who had been formed into local
self defense companies At another time
they came to Westbrook, which is now the
residence of Major Lewis Ginter, and plant
ed their guns in the plain which is between
Westbrook and Mr. Bryan's farm, Labur-
nu". Aheit guns were iieh' nelopleces
holse arciiiery Cheir snots only
reacheq s'o Lar uown one ioe'o as .he upper
emu VI u harvey oiol nursery; oeihS assal
Gu III One rear ny soiiie siiiall podles OF Con
.eaeraIe casalryhieh anu confronted Dy
lorce or lniahIlsi nen' Inese raiders, zoo,
ule" on' enoun nai 'ney Known IL ana
peSn s.,eles ~. ny inSno nave
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o;ties ' ' -
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IT,, oIto,na+;1-o +han to rsy fro,,,
pa+o,sh,,re, and Richmond The retreat
a,,Jod in Tho s,,rrendar at Annom.ttov
60 1Jo,,ro
M Confadoro+os hoino. ,,nr;,1;no, +b.+
+,,a ,r;o+orio,,s a,.n,T should have as sno;ls
" ~ tha +ohaooo storad in tho oororn.
VI mt'i uau hana cot +far, ~, f,.a
| IT, a1so frad Tho b..;dooS ooross Tho
oalnes '. -, ~ M - ..'oog 4l ..'ss
ee a1,,os for ond vida and tb71s rone,hlv
s+a+od . cnaco wac BURNED ont of our hnsi-
ness center which extended nortbward to
Main street soutbward to the river. east
,.srd tn Fourteenth street and westward
tn Eiohtb
| Ricbmond,s GIN of misery was now over.
| flowing She had tn anneal to the enemy
to stay the fiames' and this thew did. with
the Cnfederacv her cnrrencv went I'M in
smoke BRIDGES banks. denots ware
houses etc ali wore GONE Worse than
all the flower of her vontb had been sacri
| feed nnon the hattlefelds and those
whom the fortunes of war SHARED returned
To civil life to face a new condition Of
| dabts And vet a ssyinevard has rinened a
vintage above these cindcrs," and 'clusters
were found growing on the lava of ill
| luck.n
And here we are now rebuilt more solid
ly and stately than ever, and the war is so
far back of us-though but twenty seven
wears have passed-that these RETROSPECT
lions and moralizings will be ssnews'' to
MANY of the present inhabitants of Rich
| ,,o,1 Pi.bD,ond n;cnatob