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By Bob Wessel Go back to March, 1865.  The end of a long and bloody Civil War is just weeks away. On March 21, General Robert E. Lee reported to Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, that Union forces were on the way to Richmond and nothing more could be done to slow the advance.  On April 2, Lee advised Davis that the fall of Richmond was imminent, and that the President and his family should flee immediately. Davis heeded his trusted General and fled before the advancing army of General Sheridan.  One week later, on April 9, Lee surrendered his Army of Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse just outside of Richmond. Contrary to popular belief, the war was not yet over, and the hunt was on to locate and capture Jefferson Davis before he could flee west and regroup an event that could prolong the war. 

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