RICHMOND.
Jeff Davis a Fugitive. -- Blowing up of the Rebel Ironclads. --
Grant in Petersburg. -- President Lincoln and the Soldiers. --
Ride to Richmond. -- Lee's Message to Davis. -- Consternation
in Richmond. -- Rev. Messrs. Hoge and Duncan. -- The last Slave
Coffle. -- Confederate Promises to Pay. -- Scenes of Sunday
Night. -- Pillaging the City. -- Flight of the Legislature. --
General Ewell and the Mayor in regard to burning the City. --
The Massacre at the Almshouse. -- Firing the City. -- Departure
of the Rebel Troops. -- Breckenridge taking a last Look of the
City. -- Sunrise. -- Major Stevens and the Fourth Massachusetts
Cavalry. -- Surrender of the City. -- Raising Flags on the
Capitol. -- The Yankees putting out the Flames. -- Entrance of
General Weitzel. -- Taking a room at the Spottswood Hotel. --
Scenes in the City on Monday. -- General Devens's Orders. --
Visit to the Capitol. -- Admiral Farragut. -- President
Lincoln's Arrival. -- Joy of the Colored People. -- Walk to
Jeff Davis's Mansion. -- Judge Campbell. -- Admiral Porter. --
The President's Visit to Libby Prison. -- Opinions of the
People. -- Colored Soldiers in the Service of the Rebels. --
Lee's Opinions. -- An Abolitionist in Richmond. -- A Newspaper
Correspondent and a Rebel Officer. -- At the Capitol. -- Scenes
of the Past. -- Christian Charity. 499