Four days after Lee‘s surrender to Grant, the city of Washington is still celebrating, black and white alike. Today has been designated as a city holiday for workers, replete with parades and marching bands. The celebration continues into the evening, the city ablaze with bonfires and calcium lights, a current version of street lighting. Fireworks…
Today in the United States elections are held for several governorships as well as the U.S. House and one-third of the Senate. Southern politicians in Richmond hope that peace candidates will make gains, but their hopes are to no avail as Republicans increase their strength in statehouses and in Washington. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s chances…
The war and subsequent liberation of hundreds of thousands of slaves has resulted in dramatic changes in the capital city of the United States. Tens of thousands of freedmen are now living in and around Washington, D.C., many in freedmen’s villages or communities. In these villages they are receiving education and job training and are…