The Kilpatrick Invasion of Richmond
A complete and authentic issue of ‘The Weekly Herald’, NYC, March 12, 1864, 8pp., disbound. Extraordinary Front Page map, 14” x 11”, “‘KILPATRICK’S CAVALRY EXPEDITION’, ... Operations of the Union Cavalry Forces - The Dash Upon Richmond and Its Defences” . The reports include: The First Line of the Richmond Defences Passed; Colon Dahlgren Destroys the James River Canal; General Kilpatrick Shells the Rebel Capitol; Emmense Destruction of the Railroad and Telegraphs; Narrow Escape of General Lee; General Custer’s Movement .... The "Kilpatrick Invasion" or the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid was an ambitious Civil War operation led by Union Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick and Colonel Ulric Dahlgren from February 28 to March 3, 1864. Its goal was to assault the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, and free thousands of Union prisoners. The attack failed and Dahlgren was killed while in retreat during the Battle of Walkerton. Papers discovered on his body purportedly revealed orders to free Union prisoners from Belle Isle, arm them with flammable material, torch the city of Richmond while also carrying out a decapitation strike of the Confederate government by assassinating President Jefferson Davis and his entire cabinet.
[ translate ]A complete and authentic issue of ‘The Weekly Herald’, NYC, March 12, 1864, 8pp., disbound. Extraordinary Front Page map, 14” x 11”, “‘KILPATRICK’S CAVALRY EXPEDITION’, ... Operations of the Union Cavalry Forces - The Dash Upon Richmond and Its Defences” . The reports include: The First Line of the Richmond Defences Passed; Colon Dahlgren Destroys the James River Canal; General Kilpatrick Shells the Rebel Capitol; Emmense Destruction of the Railroad and Telegraphs; Narrow Escape of General Lee; General Custer’s Movement .... The "Kilpatrick Invasion" or the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid was an ambitious Civil War operation led by Union Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick and Colonel Ulric Dahlgren from February 28 to March 3, 1864. Its goal was to assault the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, and free thousands of Union prisoners. The attack failed and Dahlgren was killed while in retreat during the Battle of Walkerton. Papers discovered on his body purportedly revealed orders to free Union prisoners from Belle Isle, arm them with flammable material, torch the city of Richmond while also carrying out a decapitation strike of the Confederate government by assassinating President Jefferson Davis and his entire cabinet.
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