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A Mother At Petersburg
The Confederate lines around Petersburg, Virginia, broke in the first days of April 1865. As Lee’s army headed west into the Appomattox Campaign, Union troops occupied the small city that had been the heart and namesake of a nine month … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Holidays, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Appomattox Campaign, Civil War Era Mothers, fanny gordon, frances gordon, general gordon, John B. Gordon, Jubal A. Early, Mothers, Mothers Day, mrs. gordon, Petersburg, sentry, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Surrender, Ulysses S. Grant
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