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You why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when you walk out of here. The book is actually on sale upstairs in the gift shop. I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What an understatement that is, to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive and memoirs and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather george weitzel. He was born in the United States in ohio. His parents were immigrants. His parents died at a young age when george was 18 months old. He was adopted, and the family name was changed to quatman. Im a blood weitzel. We have weitzels in the Confederate White House. We have some weitzels here today. Probably more than in 150 years. Welcome. This is Major General Godfrey Weitzel

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