Apr. 12, 1865
MG J.H.Wilson's Cavalry Corps raised U.S. flag over Alabama's and 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 40,000bushels 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 Columbus, GA on Friday 4/14/65, the day Lincoln was shot by Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington| HM Number | HM28F |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1996 |
| Placed By | Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society Preservation and Promotion Foundation Alabama Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 2:36pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 565797 N 3582646 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.37886667, -86.30051667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 22.732', W 86° 18.031' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 22' 43.92" N, 86° 18' 1.86" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 334 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 612-676 Monroe St, Montgomery AL 36131, US |
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