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Henry W. Halleck (search for this): chapter 36
d in the newspapers the reasons of the government for disapproving the agreement, in terms of sharpest censure of General Sherman. This, when it came to his notice some weeks later, filled him with hot indignation, and, coupled with some orders Halleck, who had been made commander of the armies of the Potomac and the James, issued to Meade, to disregard Sherman's truce and push forward against Johnston, roused him to open defiance of the authorities he thought were persecuting him, and made him declare, in a report to Grant, that he would have maintained his truce at any cost of life. Halleck's order, however, had been nullified by Johnston's surrender, and Grant, suggesting that this outburst was uncalled for, offered Sherman the opportunity to correct the statement. This he refused, insisting that his record stand as written, although avowing his readiness to obey all future orders of Grant and the President. So far as Johnston was concerned, the war was indeed over. He wa
Andrew Johnson (search for this): chapter 36
as his rule of action. All this was a matter of course, and General Sherman could not properly, and perhaps would not, have objected to it. But the calm spirit of Lincoln was now absent from the councils of the government; and it was not in Andrew Johnson and Mr. Stanton to pass over a mistake like this, even in the case of one of the most illustrious captains of the age. They ordered Grant to proceed at once to Sherman's headquarters, and to direct operations against the enemy; and, what was was arraigned before the United States Circuit Court for the District of Virginia for the crime of treason, and released on bail; and was finally restored to all the duties and privileges of citizenship, except the right to hold office, by President Johnson's proclamation of amnesty of December 25, 1868. General E. Kirby Smith, on whom Davis's last hopes of success had centered, kept up so threatening an attitude that Sherman was sent from Washington to bring him to reason. But he did not
David G. Farragut (search for this): chapter 36
Sherman and Wilson, embracing some forty-two thousand men. The terms were agreed upon and signed on May 4, at the village of Citronelle in Alabama. At the same time and place the Confederate Commodore Farrand surrendered to Rear-Admiral Thatcher all the naval forces of the Confederacy in the neighborhood of Mobile-a dozen vessels and some hundreds of officers. The rebel navy had practically ceased to exist some months before. The splendid fight in Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, between Farragut's fleet and the rebel ram Tennessee, with her three attendant gunboats, and Cushing's daring destruction of the powerful Albemarle in Albemarle Sound on October 27, marked its end in Confederate waters. The duel between the Kearsarge and the Alabama off Cherbourg had already taken place; a few more encounters, at or near foreign ports, furnished occasion for personal bravery and subsequent lively diplomatic correspondence; and rebel vessels, fitted out under the unduly lenient neutrality o
Forrest (search for this): chapter 36
erable when compared with the mighty host under the national colors, were yet infinitely larger than any Washington ever commanded, and capable of strenuous resistance and of incalculable mischief. But the march of Sherman from Atlanta to the sea, and his northward progress through the Carolinas, had predisposed the great interior region to make an end of strife: a tendency which was greatly promoted by the masterly raid of General J. H. Wilson's cavalry through Alabama, and his defeat of Forrest at Selma. An officer of Taylor's staff came to Canby's headquarters on April 19 to make arrangements for the surrender of all the Confederate forces east of the Mississippi not already paroled by Sherman and Wilson, embracing some forty-two thousand men. The terms were agreed upon and signed on May 4, at the village of Citronelle in Alabama. At the same time and place the Confederate Commodore Farrand surrendered to Rear-Admiral Thatcher all the naval forces of the Confederacy in the neig
John A. Campbell (search for this): chapter 36
Chapter 36. Lincoln's interviews with Campbell Withdraws authority for meeting of Virginia legislature conference of Davis and Johnston at Greensboro Johnston asks for an armistice meeting of Sherman and Johnston their agreement rFederal army to a peace footing grand review of the army While in Richmond, Mr. Lincoln had two interviews with John A. Campbell, rebel Secretary of War, who had not accompanied the other fleeing officials, preferring instead to submit to Federal authority. Mr. Campbell had been one of the commissioners at the Hampton Roads conference, and Mr. Lincoln now gave him a written memorandum repeating in substance the terms he had then offered the Confederates. On Campbell's suggestion that the Campbell's suggestion that the Virginia legislature, if allowed to come together, would at once repeal its ordinance of secession and withdraw all Virginia troops from the field, he also gave permission for its members to assemble for that purpose. But this, being distorted into
Jefferson Davis (search for this): chapter 36
eeting of Virginia legislature conference of Davis and Johnston at Greensboro Johnston asks forrces end of the rebel Navy capture of Jefferson Davis surrender of E. Kirby Smith number ofdently kept on the train at the depot. Here Mr. Davis sent for Generals Johnston and Beauregard, aerence not unmixed with embarrassment, since Mr. Davis still willed the success of the Confederacy h Sherman; and on the following day, April 14, Davis and his party left Greensboro to continue theinegotiations with Sherman, he disregarded Jefferson Davis's instructions to disband the infantry ancabinet dropped off on various pretexts, and Mr. Davis, abandoning the attempt to reach the Mississpt to escape, has only this foundation, that Mrs. Davis threw a cloak over her husband's shoulders, 25, 1868. General E. Kirby Smith, on whom Davis's last hopes of success had centered, kept up aylor or Smith had surrendered, and while Jefferson Davis was still at large. The army of a millio[3 more...]
Cushing (search for this): chapter 36
and signed on May 4, at the village of Citronelle in Alabama. At the same time and place the Confederate Commodore Farrand surrendered to Rear-Admiral Thatcher all the naval forces of the Confederacy in the neighborhood of Mobile-a dozen vessels and some hundreds of officers. The rebel navy had practically ceased to exist some months before. The splendid fight in Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, between Farragut's fleet and the rebel ram Tennessee, with her three attendant gunboats, and Cushing's daring destruction of the powerful Albemarle in Albemarle Sound on October 27, marked its end in Confederate waters. The duel between the Kearsarge and the Alabama off Cherbourg had already taken place; a few more encounters, at or near foreign ports, furnished occasion for personal bravery and subsequent lively diplomatic correspondence; and rebel vessels, fitted out under the unduly lenient neutrality of France and England, continued for a time to work havoc with American shipping in v
Albemarle (search for this): chapter 36
elle in Alabama. At the same time and place the Confederate Commodore Farrand surrendered to Rear-Admiral Thatcher all the naval forces of the Confederacy in the neighborhood of Mobile-a dozen vessels and some hundreds of officers. The rebel navy had practically ceased to exist some months before. The splendid fight in Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, between Farragut's fleet and the rebel ram Tennessee, with her three attendant gunboats, and Cushing's daring destruction of the powerful Albemarle in Albemarle Sound on October 27, marked its end in Confederate waters. The duel between the Kearsarge and the Alabama off Cherbourg had already taken place; a few more encounters, at or near foreign ports, furnished occasion for personal bravery and subsequent lively diplomatic correspondence; and rebel vessels, fitted out under the unduly lenient neutrality of France and England, continued for a time to work havoc with American shipping in various parts of the world. But these two Unio
E. Kirby Smith (search for this): chapter 36
forces end of the rebel Navy capture of Jefferson Davis surrender of E. Kirby Smith number of Confederates surrendered and exchanged reduction of Federal a daring blockaderunners, practically silenced the Confederate navy. General E. Kirby Smith commanded all the insurgent forces west of the Mississippi. On him thee westward, gathering up stragglers as they fled, and, crossing the river, join Smith's forces, and there continue the war. But after a time even this hope failed thy President Johnson's proclamation of amnesty of December 25, 1868. General E. Kirby Smith, on whom Davis's last hopes of success had centered, kept up so threate defiance. One more needless skirmish took place near Brazos, Texas, and then Smith followed the example of Taylor and surrendered his entire force, some eighteen ion of expenses in his department to a peace footing; and this before Taylor or Smith had surrendered, and while Jefferson Davis was still at large. The army of a m
John Sherman (search for this): chapter 36
turned to his army to begin negotiations with Sherman; and on the following day, April 14, Davis anboro to continue their journey southward. Sherman had returned to Goldsboro from his visit to Cld not be justified in such a capitulation as Sherman proposed, but suggested that together they miical question, had never been communicated to Sherman; while the very liberality of Grant's terms lage. They ordered Grant to proceed at once to Sherman's headquarters, and to direct operations agai and the James, issued to Meade, to disregard Sherman's truce and push forward against Johnston, ro that this outburst was uncalled for, offered Sherman the opportunity to correct the statement. Th Federal disapproval of his negotiations with Sherman, he disregarded Jefferson Davis's instruction on the same terms granted Lee at Appomattox; Sherman supplying, as did Grant, rations for the beatered, kept up so threatening an attitude that Sherman was sent from Washington to bring him to reas[12 more...]
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