In 1865, Abraham Lincoln walked the streets of the captured Confederate capital
Just days before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln walked through the fallen Confederate capital of Richmond, where he was greeted as a liberator by formerly enslaved people in a city still smoldering from war.
On April 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln arrived in Richmond, Virginia, just twenty-four hours after Confederate forces fled the city. Without a heavy military escort, Lincoln walked the streets while fires still burned in the distance. He was quickly surrounded by thousands of freed slaves who hailed him as a 'Messiah' in one of the most emotional moments of his life.
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