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Fleetwood Diary
Scanned page from Christian Fleetwood's diary.
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A page from Christian Fleetwood's diary, describing the events of September 1864.
Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States during the CIvil War  

Did You Know?
President Abraham Lincoln visited the Richmond area twice during the war. In July 1862 he met with General McClellan at Harrison’s Landing on the James River. Lincoln came to Richmond on April 4, 1865 and walked the streets of a city still smouldering from the evacuation fires.

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