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Jefferson Davis (search for this): chapter 16
which he had been baptized and confirmed scarcely three years before, President Jefferson Davis received the ominous tidings sent by Lee to the capital of the Confedn in Richmond on the 2d and 3d of April, 1865. On the 2d, a quiet Sunday, Jefferson Davis, at morning service in St. Paul's Church, received a despatch from General the imminent fall of Petersburg and the necessity of retreating that night. Mr. Davis left his seat calmly; but by half-past 11 a strange agitation began to appearlast succumbed to the overwhelming power of Grant's indomitable armies. President Davis had received a despatch while attending services at St. Paul's church, Sunted Grant at Petersburg, entered Richmond on the 4th of April. He visited President Davis' house, and Libby Prison, then deserted, and held a conference with prominrrendered his command near Mobile, and on the 10th of the same month, President Jefferson Davis, who had been for nearly six weeks a fugitive, was overtaken and made
Phil Sheridan (search for this): chapter 16
ind the shelter Grant determined to bring Sheridan from the Shenandoah, whence the bulk of Early as previously arranged, the movement began. Sheridan swept to the south with his cavalry, as if he Early the next afternoon, the 1st of April, Sheridan, reenforced by Warren, was arranging his troos forlorn hope had charged Prisoners to Phil Sheridan: full rations at last. This group of thrnmost part of the Confederate entrenchments, Sheridan fell upon the Confederate flank. It was a co the west, and fought General Miles until General Sheridan and a division from Meade appeared on thes did not remain long in the deserted homes. Sheridan was already in pursuit south of the Appomattog. It was their only avenue of supplies, but Sheridan's victory at Five Forks made it possible to cThe Confederate supplies had been captured by Sheridan, and Lee's army was almost at the point of star at the top of the step. For the table General Sheridan paid Mr. McLean twenty dollars in gold. [3 more...]
T. A. Dodge (search for this): chapter 16
oving with a heavy force far to the west upon Lee's communications; or, if it were determined to capture the place à main forte, by making a massed attack upon some point in the center after suitable mining operations had weakened Lee's defenses and prepared for such an operation. But the end was to come with opening spring. To the farsighted, this was no longer doubtful. The South must succumb to the greater material resources of the North, despite its courage and its sacrifices.--Colonel T. A. Dodge, U. S.A., in A Bird's-eye view of Our Civil war. During the winter of 1864-65, General Lee, fighting Grant without, was fighting famine within. The shivering, half-clad soldiers of the South crouched over feeble fires in their entrenchments. The men were exposed to the rain, snow, and sleet; sickness and disease soon added their horrors to the desolation. The finances of the Government were almost gone. The life of the Confederacy was ebbing fast. Behind Union breastworks,
Scofield (search for this): chapter 16
fifty thousand men but thirty-five thousand were fit for duty. Lee's estimate of the forces of Grant was between one hundred and forty thousand and one hundred and fifty thousand. Coming up from Knoxville was Schofield with an estimated force of thirty thousand superb troops. From the valley Grant was bringing up nearly twenty thousand more, against whom, as Lee expressed it, he could oppose scarcely a vidette. Sherman was approaching from North Carolina, and his force when united with Scofield's would reach eighty thousand. It was impossible, and yet it was after this, that Gordon made his charge. South of Hatcher's Run, at the very westernmost part of the Confederate entrenchments, Sheridan fell upon the Confederate flank. It was a complete victory. With General Merritt and General Griffin sweeping in, the cavalry charged the works and five thousand Confederates were taken prisoners, besides those killed and wounded. The Federal loss was less than seven hundred. This was t
Robert E. Lee (search for this): chapter 16
This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. General R. E. Lee. Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, 1865. General: I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as tain retreated westward along the river. High bridge over the Appomattox High bridge over the Appomattox letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulation into effect. R. E. Lee, General. Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant. When Federal officers were seen galloping toward the Union lines from Appomattox Court House it was quickly surmised that Lee had surrendered. Cheer after cheer was sent up by the long lines throug
Ulysses S. Grant (search for this): chapter 16
1864. It is winter-time before Petersburg. Grant's army, after the assault of October 27th, hasone of the largest cities of Virginia. It was Grant who first utilized its importance in leading u of the siege. It is not improbable that Grant might have made more headway by leaving a suffg the winter of 1864-65, General Lee, fighting Grant without, was fighting famine within. The shiv Behind Union breastworks, early in 1865, General Grant was making preparations for the opening ofer the picket line In behind the shelter Grant determined to bring Sheridan from the Shenandoand prolong the life of his Government. General Grant knew the condition of Lee's army and, wither. The affair at Fort Stedman did not turn Grant from his plans against the Confederate right. nd the laws in force where they may reside. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. General R. E. Lee. He into effect. R. E. Lee, General. Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant. When Federal officers were se[8 more...]
Livermore (search for this): chapter 16
e Union army, after the fall of Petersburg, followed the streaming Confederates, retreating westward, and came upon a part of Gordon's troops near High Bridge over the Appomattox, where the South Side Railroad crosses the river on piers 60 feet high. Hancock's (Second) Corps arrived on the south bank just after the Confederates had blown up the redoubt that formed the bridge head, and set fire to the bridge itself. The bridge was saved with the loss of four spans at the north end, by Colonel Livermore, whose party put out the fire while Confederate skirmishers were fighting under their feet. A wagon bridge beside it was saved by the men of Barlow's division. Mahone's division of the Confederate army was drawn up on a hill, north of the river behind redoubts, but when Union troops appeared in force the Confederates again retreated westward along the river. High bridge over the Appomattox High bridge over the Appomattox letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will p
Richard Taylor (search for this): chapter 16
as brave citizens as they had been soldiers. Thus ended the greatest Civil War in history, for soon after the fall of the Confederate capital and the surrender of Lee's army, there followed in quick succession the surrender of all the remaining Southern forces. While these stirring events were taking place in Virginia, Sherman, who had swept up through the Carolinas with the same dramatic brilliancy that marked his march to the sea, accomplishing most effective work against Johnston, was at Goldsboro. When Johnston learned of the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender he knew the end had come and he soon arranged for the surrender of his army on the terms agreed upon at Appomattox. In the first week of May General Dick Taylor surrendered his command near Mobile, and on the 10th of the same month, President Jefferson Davis, who had been for nearly six weeks a fugitive, was overtaken and made a prisoner near Irwinsville, Georgia. The Southern Confederacy was a thing of the past.
Dick (search for this): chapter 16
as brave citizens as they had been soldiers. Thus ended the greatest Civil War in history, for soon after the fall of the Confederate capital and the surrender of Lee's army, there followed in quick succession the surrender of all the remaining Southern forces. While these stirring events were taking place in Virginia, Sherman, who had swept up through the Carolinas with the same dramatic brilliancy that marked his march to the sea, accomplishing most effective work against Johnston, was at Goldsboro. When Johnston learned of the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender he knew the end had come and he soon arranged for the surrender of his army on the terms agreed upon at Appomattox. In the first week of May General Dick Taylor surrendered his command near Mobile, and on the 10th of the same month, President Jefferson Davis, who had been for nearly six weeks a fugitive, was overtaken and made a prisoner near Irwinsville, Georgia. The Southern Confederacy was a thing of the past.
Horatio G. Wright (search for this): chapter 16
ions without a sound — not a shot fired, not a word uttered. At half-past 4 in the early morning a signal gun from Fort Fisher boomed and flashed through the early light. Rushing forward, breaking the Confederate line of outposts, down streamed the blue masses upon the main line of the defenses. Into their faces the men in gray poured deadly volleys from behind the earthworks and lines of spiked abatis. The latter were rolled aside, carried by main force and tossed into the ditches. General Wright, in command of this body of men, knew from the shouts even before he saw the flag upon the breastworks that the wedge had been driven home. Leaving behind their own dead and wounded lying mingled with the bodies of the brave defenders, without waiting for orders, men from each division of the Sixth Corps pressed ahead, broke up the South Side Railroad and cut the telegraph wires. When the officers had at length calmed the ardor of their troops and re-formed the lines, a large part of t
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