The most moving find of the day is stumbling upon the walkway out over the James that brings into the view the remnants in words and structures the last days of Richmond's fall.Along the wooden path are engraved quotes from the days by citizens, soldiers, President Lincoln, and those of the US CT (US Colored Troops) who were the first soldiers to enter the city after the evacuation.
This is a quiet monument. No statues of men on horses, no gruesome pictures or bronzed plaques. Instead simple statements of those who experienced it under foot surrounded by the rushing water of the powerful river.
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