The Capture and Occupation of Richmond (Expanded, Annotated)

He entered Civil War service as a 23 year old private and left a brigadier-general. He commanded the troops who first entered the Confederate capitol and warned Abraham Lincoln nine days before his assassination that there was a plot to kill him.

In this volume, he provides extraordinary detail about the fall of Richmond and his time in control of that city.

General Edward H. Ripley came from a prominent family, including a brother who was awarded the Medal of Honor and a sister who was a famous poet.

His meteoric rise in the Union army and his extraordinary career after the war made his a popular and influential man. He remained involved in veteran activities for the rest of his life.

Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.

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