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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2. Search the whole document.
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Farmville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Biloxi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Amelia Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Chapter 59: surrender of Lee.
Upon crossing the Appomattox on the night of April 2d, Lee's army marched toward Amelia Court House.
It had been his original intention to go to Danville, but being prevented from carrying out this purpose, he marched toward Lynchburg.
Encumbered by a large wagon train, his march was necessarily slow.
His trains were attacked again and again by the enemy's cavalry, adding to the delay.
On April 4th Amelia Court House was reached and the army, being without rations, to appease hunger subsisted on young shoots just putting out upon the trees and parched corn.
The letter had been captured that asked for rations ows:
Besides its bearing in other respects, it may possibly throw some light upon the yet unexplained failure of General Lee's request for supplies at Amelia Court House, to reach the President or the War Department. It seems to be certain that neither the President, Secretary of War, Quarter-Master-General, nor Commissary-
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Danville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Chapter 59: surrender of Lee.
Upon crossing the Appomattox on the night of April 2d, Lee's army marched toward Amelia Court House.
It had been his original intention to go to Danville, but being prevented from carrying out this purpose, he marched toward Lynchburg.
Encumbered by a large wagon train, his march was necessarily slow.
His trains were attacked again and again by the enemy's cavalry, adding to the delay.
On April 4th Amelia Court House was reached and the army, being without rations, to appease hunger subsisted on young shoots just putting out upon the trees and parched corn.
The letter had been captured that asked for rations to be sent to that point.
On the 5th the retreat was continued toward Danville; the intention was there to form a junction with Johnston's army, but the enemy had the shortest line, and at Jettersville headed him off, and the march was turned to Lynchburg, where Lee had expressed his belief, that he could carry on the war for tw
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Sailor's Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 59
Richard Taylor (search for this): chapter 59