The Fall of Richmond, Virginia on the Night of April 2nd, 1865, 1865, Hand-colored lithograph, Image: 15 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (40 x 56. 2 cm), Prints, The Confederacy's capital of Richmond was a chief distribution center for weapons, supplies, and troops, and the city resisted repeated Union assaults before officially capitulating on April 3, 1865. Once Ulysses S