Discussion on the Life and Career of Godfrey Weitzel
Author G. William Quatman talks about his book, A Young General and the Fall of Richmond: The Life and Career of Godfrey Weitzel], and explores the April 3, 1865, fall of Richmond and about the role that Union Army Major General Godfrey Weitzel played. Born in Germany, Godfrey Weitzel immigrated to the U.S. and attended West Point in the 1850s before joining the Civil War. On April 3, 1865, Major General Godfrey Weitzel marched his troops into Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy, capturing the city for the Union and precipitating the eventual collapse of the Southern states' rebellion.
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