CHAPTER VIII

The Armies Transferred to Richmond and Petersburg--Gen. Lee Surrenders his Army--Citizens Return Home--Action of the City Council--Fredericksburg Again Under the Old Flag--The Assassination of President Lincoln Denounced-- Reconstruction Commenced--An Election Set Aside by the Military--All Civil Offices Set Aside and Strangers Appointed--The Financial Condition of the Town--The Town Again in the Hands of its Citizens--Splendid Financial Showing, 107