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PITTSYLVANIA, Virginia in the 1860s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Jefferson Davis Completes His Final Act
    date April 4, 1865map PITTSYLVANIA, Virginiatags Civil War, Jefferson Davis, The Confederate States of America

    Located in south central Virginia, not far from the North Carolina border, Danville was the western terminus of the Richmond and Danville Railroad and a major Confederate supply base. Jefferson Davis and his government traveled to Danville as Richmond fell to pursuing Federal Army. The city was the seat of the Confederate government for only eight days, April 3-10, 1865. Danville's quartermaster, Major...

  2. Post-War Problems
    date February 19, 1866map PITTSYLVANIA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations, War

    After the Civil War ended the focus of politics shifted to reforming the South. Radical Republicans called for universal negro suffrage to be passed by Congress. General Grant stated that if universal negro suffrage was granted there would be a war of extermination in the South. He concluded the only way to enforce such a law would be to place a standing army in the South. In response to these proposals,...