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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 20: Peace conference at Hampton Roads.--the campaign against Richmond. (search)
ead of the basin situated near the Petersburg railway Station; Shockoe warehouse, near the center of the City, by the Gallego Flouring Mills; and the warehouses of Mayo & Dibbrell, in Gary Street, a square below Libby prison. to prevent its falling into the hands of the Government. so Early as the First of February, General Leete ram, Virginia, below the City. At seven o'clock in the morning, April 3, 1865. the retreating troops were all across the stream, when the torch was applied to Mayo's bridge and the railway bridges, and they were burned behind the fugitives. At about the same time, two more Confederate iron-clads (Fredericksburg and Richmond . H. Stevens, of the Fourth Massachusetts, and Major E. Graves, of General Weitzel's staff, were sent, with a small squadron of cavalry, to demand of the mayor, Joseph Mayo, the surrender of the city. They were courteously received, and the keys of the public buildings were handed to them, at the City Hall, at seven o'clock. Apri