Desiree Reads’s Reviews > The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 > Status Update
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March 1864: The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Richmond, VA, was a failed attempt by Union General Judson Kiloatrick and Colonel Ulric Dahlgren to get into Richmond and free Union prisoners there.
Dahlgren was killed, and papers found on his body indicated another purpose of the raid was to burn the city and assassinate JeffersonDavis and his cabinet.
— May 10, 2026 09:49AM
Dahlgren was killed, and papers found on his body indicated another purpose of the raid was to burn the city and assassinate JeffersonDavis and his cabinet.
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Postscript
The Gresham Family after the Civil War
— May 17, 2026 06:42PM
The Gresham Family after the Civil War
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Wed Dec 10th, 1865
“Vice President Stephens is arrested & thus comes down the iron screw on our powerless necks.”
— May 17, 2026 06:15PM
“Vice President Stephens is arrested & thus comes down the iron screw on our powerless necks.”
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“General Johnston has surrendered his army & the Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida: so we are under the rod as conquered rebels forever.”
— May 17, 2026 06:09PM
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Tue Apr 11, 1865
“The N.Y. Herald reports that the Confederacy was recognized by France on the 3d March”.
— May 17, 2026 05:54PM
“The N.Y. Herald reports that the Confederacy was recognized by France on the 3d March”.
