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The Capitol Disaster: A Chapter of Reconstruction in Virginia (Classic Reprint): A Chapter of Reconstruction in Virginia (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Capitol Disaster: A Chapter of Reconstruction in Virginia

When deeds of daring and devotion could no longer prevail against overwhelming numbers and resources, and the City had to be surrendered by the Confederates; two-thirds of the business portion were left in ashes, and the rest of it almost in a condition of starvation and desolation.

In the defence of the city, its people were subjected to sufferings and sacrifices rarely endured, and they were, almost daily, the witnesses of scenes and experiences which, at other times, and amid other environments, would have been deemed disasters or calamities. Whilst referring to these things, the purposes of this paper are not to describe any of them; but merely to show, why one of the two great historical disasters in the life of the city (each about equally destructive of human life, and productive of human sorrow and suffering) has left a more lasting and vivid impression on its history than the other.

The first of these two memorable disasters occurred on Decem ber 26th, 1811, when the Richmond Theatre was destroyed by fire; when seventy-two human lives were lost (among them the then Governor of the State), and many others were injured in escaping from the flames.

The second occurred on April 27th, 1870, when the floors of the court room and clerk's office of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State (then located in the Capitol building) fell, precipitating a crowd of about three hundred and fifty men about twenty-five feet into a pit of destruction, killing sixty-two and wounding two hundred and fifty-one more, some of them among the most prominent and useful citizens in the land.

At the time of the first of these occurrences, Richmond had a population of only about ten thousand. It was, and had been fora long time, enjoying a season of genuine peace and prosperity, and hence the happening of this startling event amid such sur roundings, created a profound impression throughout the whole land, and it has not only found its appropriate place in the history and traditions of the city, but it is often referred to now as one of the most noted events in its life.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781331722977
  • Publisher: Forgotten Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Forgotten Books
  • Height: 225 mm
  • No of Pages: 58
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 91 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1331722977
  • Publisher Date: 08 Feb 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 150 mm


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