2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th).
On this day in history …
April 4, 1865 – Lincoln visits Richmond, Virginia
President Lincoln tours Richmond where he enters the Confederate White House. With “a serious, dreamy expression,” he sits at the desk of Jefferson Davis for a few moments.
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