CHAPTER LIII. HANCOCK’S ASSAULT—LOSSES
OF THE CONFEDERATES—PROMOTIONS
RECOMMENDED—DISCOMFITURE OF THE ENEMY—EWELL’S
ATTACK—REDUCING THE
ARTILLERY.
CHAPTER LIV. MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK—BATTLE
OF NORTH ANNA—AN
INCIDENT OF THE MARCH—MOVING ON RICHMOND—SOUTH
OF THE PAMUNKEY
—POSITION OF THE NATIONAL ARMY.
CHAPTER LV. ADVANCE ON COLD HARBOR—AN
ANECDOTE OF THE WAR—BATTLE OF
COLD HARBOR—CORRESPONDENCE WITH LEE RETROSPECTIVE.
CHAPTER LVI. LEFT FLANK MOVEMENT ACROSS THE CHICKAHOMINY
AND JAMES
—GENERAL LEE—VISIT TO BUTLER—THE
MOVEMENT ON PETERSBURG
—THE INVESTMENT OF PETERSBURG.
CHAPTER LVII. RAID ON THE VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD—RAID
ON THE WELDON
RAILROAD—EARLY’S MOVEMENT UPON WASHINGTON—MINING
THE WORKS BEFORE
PETERSBURG—EXPLOSION OF THE MINE BEFORE
PETERSBURG—CAMPAIGN IN THE
SHENANDOAH VALLEY—CAPTURE OF THE WELDON
RAILROAD.
CHAPTER LVIII. SHERIDAN’S ADVANCE—VISIT
TO SHERIDAN—SHERIDAN’S VICTORY
IN THE SHENANDOAH—SHERIDAN’S RIDE
TO WINCHESTER—CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN
FOR THE WINTER.
CHAPTER LIX. THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA—SHERMAN’S
MARCH TO THE SEA—WAR
ANECDOTES—THE MARCH ON SAVANNAH—INVESTMENT
OF SAVANNAH—CAPTURE OF
SAVANNAH.
CHAPTER LX. THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN—THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE
CHAPTER LXI. EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT FISHER—ATTACK
ON THE FORT—FAILURE
OF THE EXPEDITION—SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST
THE FORT—CAPTURE OF FORT
FISHER.
CHAPTER LXII. SHERMAN’S MARCH NORTH—SHERIDAN
ORDERED TO LYNCHBURG
—CANBY ORDERED TO MOVE AGAINST MOBILE—MOVEMENTS
OF SCHOFIELD AND THOMAS
—CAPTURE OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA—SHERMAN
IN THE CAROLINAS.
CHAPTER LXIII. ARRIVAL OF THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS—LINCOLN
AND THE PEACE
COMMISSIONERS—AN ANECDOTE OF LINCOLN—THE
WINTER BEFORE PETERSBURG
—SHERIDAN DESTROYS THE RAILROAD—GORDON
CARRIES THE PICKET LINE—PARKE
RECAPTURES THE LINE—THE BATTLE OF WHITE
OAK ROAD.
CHAPTER LXIV. INTERVIEW WITH SHERIDAN—GRAND
MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE
POTOMAC—SHERIDAN’S ADVANCE ON FIVE
FORKS—BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS—PARKE
AND WRIGHT STORM THE ENEMY’S LINE—BATTLES
BEFORE PETERSBURG.
CHAPTER LXV. THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURG—MEETING
PRESIDENT LINCOLN IN
PETERSBURG—THE CAPTURE OF RICHMOND—PURSUING
THE ENEMY—VISIT TO
SHERIDAN AND MEADE.
CHAPTER LXVI. BATTLE OF SAILOR’S CREEK—ENGAGEMENT
AT FARMVILLE
—CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL LEE—SHERIDAN
INTERCEPTS THE ENEMY.
CHAPTER LXVII. NEGOTIATIONS AT APPOMATTOX—INTERVIEW
WITH LEE AT
MCLEAN’S HOUSE—THE TERMS OF SURRENDER—LEE’S
SURRENDER—INTERVIEW WITH
LEE AFTER THE SURRENDER.
CHAPTER LXVIII. MORALE OF THE TWO ARMIES—RELATIVE
CONDITIONS OF THE
NORTH AND SOUTH—PRESIDENT LINCOLN VISITS
RICHMOND—ARRIVAL AT
WASHINGTON—PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION—PRESIDENT
JOHNSON’S
POLICY.