emb ark ing . ▁Local ▁prost it utes ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁de ception , ▁mis leading ▁their ▁Union ▁clients ▁about ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁Confeder ate ▁rein for c ements . ▁N arc issa ▁O wen ▁( Ch ero kee ), ▁wife ▁of ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Lyn ch burg ▁and ▁Tennessee ▁Rail road , ▁later ▁wrote ▁about ▁her ▁similar ▁de ception ▁of ▁Union ▁sp ies . ▁ ▁From ▁April ▁ 6 ▁to ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 6 5 , ▁Lyn ch burg ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁Virginia ▁after ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁government ▁fled ▁from ▁Richmond . ▁Governor ▁William ▁Smith ▁and ▁the ▁Commonwealth ' s ▁executive ▁and ▁legisl ative ▁branches ▁escaped ▁to ▁Lyn ch burg ▁as ▁Richmond ▁surrender ed ▁on ▁April ▁ 3 . ▁Gen . ▁Robert ▁E . ▁Lee ▁surrender ed ▁to ▁Gen . ▁U ly ss es ▁S . ▁Grant ▁at ▁App om atto x ▁Cour th ouse , ▁roughly ▁ ▁east ▁of ▁Lyn ch burg , ▁ending ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁Lyn ch burg ▁surrender ed ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 2 , ▁to ▁Union ▁General ▁Ran ald ▁S . ▁Mack en zie . ▁ ▁Ten ▁days ▁later , ▁Confeder ate ▁Brig ad ier ▁General ▁James ▁D ear ing ▁died . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁native ▁of ▁nearby ▁Campbell ▁County ▁and ▁desc endant ▁of ▁John ▁Lyn ch ; ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁wounded ▁on ▁April ▁ 6 ▁at ▁High ▁Bridge ▁during ▁that ▁App om atto x ▁campaign . ▁Mack en zie ▁had ▁visited ▁his ▁wounded ▁friend ▁and ▁former