The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-06-02


!cst rebellion OF which man has ony
record?
First, VIC had the triumphant
march of Sherman across 6eorgia
following Immediately upon the dis
ruption Of the rebel army under
Hood. This was almost Immediately
succeeded by thc. fall Of Savannah.
After this, we had news of Hoods
final and crushing dcient before
Nashville 10y Thomas; leaving moth
ing out Lees army to oppose us east
Of tho Mississippi. Then cams tbe
march of Sherman tt.rough South.
Carolina and the capture Of Charles
ton, toiiower,. by the almost total
suppression ofthe rebellion in that
ota.e, proving the fact that General
Grant had been correct in his asser-
ton, that it was "noihing but a she'll"
After this, our first failure, under
Butler, to take Fort Fisher, was fol
lowed by its being bombarded and
stormed, with the subsequent fall of
Wilmington, the only accessible sea
port left to the rebellion, north of
Texas. Next Sherman advanced in
TO North Carolina. and found COM
paratively strong army under john
ston, newly organized to oppose him.
Almost Immediately after we heard
OF the capture of Petersburg, which
was at once followed by the cvacua-
tion of Richmond, after the struggle
for its possession had continued four
years. Scarcely had our ears accept
ed this gladdening intelligence than
received the informatIon of the sur
render of Gen. Lee and his whole
army; virtually bringing tho rebel
lion to conclusion. We say "vir-
tually bringing it to q conclusion
because this surrender on the 9th ult.
proved the impossibility that the reb-
els could continue the struggle with
even the slightest chance of success.
In the brief space Of five days from
that date, the nation was horror
stricken by the intelligence that the
man, under whose wise and states
manlike conduct the war had been
brought to conclusion, had been
cut or almost before the time had
been given him to arrive at q real
izing sense of his and our great tri-
umph, by the craven hand of mis-
erable assassin. On his death An
tlrow johnson succeeded TO the Pres
idency. Three days afterwards the
first treaty with Johnston was made
by Sherman. This was not ratified.
On the following day, the obsequies
of a Abrahan Lincoln were solemnized
in Washington. A little before this
we had heard Of the capture of Mo-
bile. A month earlier it would have
been regarded rs an event of the
greatest Importance. 1t now fell al
most dead upon the ear and heart of
the nation. Then John Wilkes Booth,
the miserable assassin of the late
President, was shot by Boston Cor
bctt, dying within twelve days from
the preparation of his most atrocious
crime. On The same day the rebel
army. under Johnston, was surren-
dered to the forces Of the United
States on the same terms as those
which had been granted to Lee
June first was appointed by President
johnson as day of National Hrmil-
iation and Prayer. Then Dick Tay'
lor surrenders his forces, and but a
few days since, the rebel President;
in the disguise Of woman, fell into
the hands of our troops. A few days
ago he arrived at Fortress Mon.
roe--thus bringing the entire rebel
lion, East of the Mississippi, to al
positive conclusion, and by Gods
blessing, leaving the people stronger,
greater, and more united than they
have ever previously been.
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