From 1861 to 1865, Richmond, Virginia was the capital city of Confederate States of America.
During this period, the federal-style building pictured above was the executive residence of the Confederacy's only president, Jefferson Davis.
Davis fled the home and the city of Richmond on April 3, 1865, 6 days before Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the Civil War.
(You can learn where Jefferson Davis fled after abandoning Richmond here.)
