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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 21: closing events of the War.--assassination of the President. (search)
lithographed, in Baltimore, with a portrait of Lee at its head, surrounded by Confederate flags, ae to attend to the details of the surrender. Lee lost, during the movements of his army, from thn arms; but in the space of about a month after Lee's surrender, the last gun of the Rebellion was de and Danville railways, between the armies of Lee and Johnston. The auspicious events in the vicBut on that day, they heard of the surrender of Lee, and fled, by railway to Greensboroa, with anxive. Johnston, deprecating the bad example of Lee, in continuing what he knew to be a hopeless wader of Johnston's army, on the terms granted to Lee. Then Sherman directed his corps commanders to ed from Danville on hearing of the surrender of Lee. They journeyed to Greensboroa, where they founhe soldiers of the great armies that confronted Lee and Johnston, and achieved a victory over them,gan the campaign with 98,019 effective men, and Lee with 72,278 effective men. The latter had such [18 more...]