Plaque Text for this Alabama landmark:
MG J.H. Wilson’s Cavalry Corps raised U.S. flag over Alabama’s and the Confederacy’s first capitol on 4/12/65, three days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Wilson had defeated LTG N.B. Forrest’s depleted and vastly outnumbered troops at the Confederate Arsenal city of Selma. Before fleeing Montgomery, BG D.W. Adams, CSA ordered 85,000 bales of cotton and 40,000 bushels of corn set afire to deny them to the Federals. But for the wind’s change and the heroic Montgomery firefighters, the city would have burned. Wilson left Montgomery for Columbia, GA on Friday, 4/14/65, the day Lincoln was shot by Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington.
More about United States Flag Raised over Alabama Capitol:
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How Do I Get There?
SE corner of Dexter Ave and Bainbridge St
Montgomery, AL 36131
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When Should I Visit?
Whenever the mood strikes you!