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.