1861 |
Abraham Lincoln begins term as 16th president of the U.S.
April 12 — U.S. Civil War begins
April 17 — Virginia secedes from Union
Richmond (VA) named Capital of the Confederacy |
Isaac Davenport, Jr. and Charles E. Wortham form Davenport & Company, an insurance agency, and moved to Richmond's East Main Street
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1863 |
Mid-point of U.S. Civil War |
Davenport & Company extends its business lines and specializes in "southern" investments: railroads, banks, and insurance companies
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1865 |
Richmond set ablaze ahead of Grant’s advancing armies and evacuated
End of U.S. Civil War |
900 buildings in Richmond’s business district are lost, including the headquarters of Davenport & Company |
1867 |
Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. State
Maggie Walker of Richmond, Virginia was born. She became the first African American woman to charter a bank in the United States |
The firm moves to 1113 East Main Street, one of the first to be built during Richmond's reconstruction efforts |