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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 6 : Appomattox . (search)
Chapter 6: Appomattox.
The darkest hours before the dawn of April 9, 1865, shrouded the Fifth Corps sunk in feverish sleep by the roadside six miles away from Appomattox Station on the Southside Road.
Scarcely is the first broken dream begun when a cavalryman comes splashing down the road and vigorously dismounts, pulling from his jacket-front a crumpled note.
The sentinel standing watch by his commander, worn in body but alert in every sense, touches your shoulder.
Orders, sir, I thin us evening; far into the night gleamed some irrepressible camp fire and echoed the irrepressible cheer in which men voiced their deepest thought,--how different for each, no other knows!
At last we sleep-those who can. And so ended that 9th of April, 1865-Palm Sunday,--in that obscure little Virginia village now blazoned for immortal fame.
Graver destinies were determined on that humble field than on many of classic and poetic fame.
And though the issue brought bitterness to some, yet the