This Awful Drama

[JMadonna]

Davis needed the support of the Virginians in 1865 to support R.E. Lee's plan to abandon Richmond and drafting slaves to refill his ranks. The price was putting Virginians in command of nearly everything. E.G. Lee's promotion to Montreal was part of this 'deal'. Thus, in the final days the Lee family was put in charge of keeping the doors open for the escape of the Confederate hierarchy.