But Heaven had reserved them for a strange destiny, and after having, on the 20th of March, escaped from Richmond, besieged by the troops of General Ulysses Grant, they found themselves seven thousand miles from the capital of Virginia, which was the principal stronghold of the South, during the terrible War of Secession.
Pero el cielo les reservaba un extraño destino, y el 20 de marzo, después de haberse fugado de Richmond, sitiada por las tropas del general Ulises Grant, se encontraron a siete millas de aquella ciudad de Virginia, principal plaza fuerte de los separatistas durante la terrible guerra civil de Secesión.