The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
GRANT AND LEE.
The Interesting Story Of Appomat-
tox Retold.

and the march being pushed vigorously All
night ee's army. now reduced 10 Z',OVu
men, had by dawn put teen miles between
il and Pc ersburE. On April squad OF
Federal cavalry rode into Richmond without
molcstatiOn. and thus the Confederate capt.
tai fell When morning revealed the night
of Lees army, Grant made haste 10 follow;
Pursued and pursuers marched by parallel
lines, Lee by the north side OF the Apponat-
tox and Grant By the south bank, In IA south
westerly direction. IL was Lees desire 10
reach the mountains, in the Businesses or
which he hoped to recruit the strength anu
spirits Of his army. Ii was a terrible race
for life. The COufedCrates began the retreat
with but one ration and the country through
which they passed had no supplies Hun
dreds of men dropped from exhaustion ana
thousands let tall their muskets from IN
ability 10 carry them any furthef "hen
night came. exhausted divisions sinking IN
the woods for few hours repcse would hear
suddenly the boom OF hostile guns and they
had to rise and hasten away as fast as their
weary limbs would carry them.
II was Lees hope 70 reach the DanFllIe
Railway at Amelia Court House concentrate
st that point, then fall back soutlWestward
to Danvilie and make & junction with the
army Of Joseph +. Johnston. 1t was the ue-
termination of Grant and h.ridan that ne
should do no hing OF the kind. Ice eA pecteu
Grant to follow on his track, Grant deeiaeu
to race and head him of. At Anella court
House Longstreet, Gordon, aud eweIl uhited
their wcar.ed and hungry troops. here was
the railway, but where were the hoped lor
supplies. Sheridan had seized the road ten
miles 10 the southW est of them and he Id ana
barred the way. Meade was but short DIS
tance behind him; Grant, with Ord ana tue
Twenty fourth Corps farther 10 the south
along the South-side railway Lee iouha
that he could not reach Hanylle; but there
was another hope Lynchburg, NIFTY mics
wcst-Lynchburg and the ncighhoring
mountains. ThitAer he turned his weary
eyes, and, with Sheridan hang nG 10
hs bleeding TANKS and worrying the col
umn over every mile OF road, the southern
leader strove to keep his men together and
still push ahead. Almost every hour he had
10 turn and fight; first on one side, then on
the other in from, tank, and rear; small de-
tachmentS of cavalry ledped upon his bat
teries or trains, looping of few guns, a
score of wagons, or Il hundred prisoners at
ever crossroad, while behind him and on his
left pushed relentlesSly ahead the now en-
thusiastic infantry of the Army of the PotO-
mac. Night and day, for five successive
days, it one vehement, never-reiaXlng
pursuit, varied only 10y the savage combatS
that attended Lees every halt for
breath. At Sailors Creek, at Farmyille,
at High Bridge, where again they strobe
along the banks of the Appomattox, there
was cody fighting; but never could the
Southern General shake OF the death-grip of
Sheridan. He had fully forty thousand men
at Amelia on the 9Th, and at least One-fOurth
of these were gone when his staggering col
umns pushed on for the last march of ali
April $ He had succeeded in Gro sing to the
north side of the AppOmattoX now, leaving
Ewell's corps, with Ewell himself, kershaw.
GUSTS Lee, DubOse, Hunton, and COrse as
prisoners, Il loss OF fully eight thousand men
sustained in one day; and now, with Hum
phreys and VT ght close behind hun on the
north side, and She. .t-n's cav airy, Ord, and
Gfifn's corps on the south ii e and even
with his .cadiBg columns, Lee was striking
Tor ApIOu attON Court House, ~ Il re SUPP lies
were au aitiug him. bn the 9Th Grant had
written few words 20 Gen. Lee. pointing
out the hopclc- Su, IS of further resi- lance,
ard asking his SURF, uder, as the only III ans
Of avoiding fur her LluCdS ed. Lee replied
that he du not regard his position n hope
less, but inquired wt at terms won be
offered. IN tie Sth Grant hal offered most
lenicnt terms the mere Gis4ua ihcation of
all SURF ndered oACcrs or men from
again taking up arms until properly
exchanged but Lee still hoped to es
cape. He counted getting those
supplies at Appomattox and then
breaking for Lynchburg, only a long day
march away, and he declined. This CORE
spoudcuCc vas really conducted on the run,
tor both armies were pushed to the utmost in
the race. But Ice stopped twice on the 9TH
and 9Th to fight Humphreys, who was cling
ing to the rear WITH grasp that threatened
TO pull him TO earth, aud the delay was fatal
Stopp NJ for nothing, Sheridans cavalry
shot forward along the lower road, sprang
upon the railway station beyond the Court
House, Clusters trooper rode i among the
coveted trains. and long efOre the morning
OF the Hth had whiskCd every vestIge OF
supplies out of sight; brigade after brigade
came trotting up from the southeast, and
deploying its skirmish lines up the Richmond
road toward the Court House, five miles
away, whittier Custer had already driven the
advance guard Of Lees army, sent forward
with empty wagons for those desperately
needed ratiOns. Lee knew that Sherdan's
cavalry had headed" him, and that now he
must not only fight back the fierce pursuers
so close Mt his rear-he must cut through
those daring troopers in front.
when Lee perceived his inability TO force a
passage through Shcrdan's lines he was con-
scious that, unless he quickly submitted to
whatever terms Grant chose TO i'm
pose, ne and every man in his army would
be anDihiated. With sheridan, Ord, and
Grifhn in front, and Meade with Humphreys
and Wright in the rear, there was no possible
avenue OF escape. One solitary road over
the hills was indeed still open TO Lyuchburg,
an by this route one of Lees nephews, Gen.
Fitz-Hugh Lee, even now led a few hundred
cavalrymen in opposition, it is said, to the
wish of his uncle. But it was impossible for
lee to save his army by this road, and all
that was left Of the host that had so ong de-
Tended Richmond was IN reality inclosed in
the lines of the ConQuerOr. A dispatch that
Lee wrote to Grant on the 9th was in these
words: Il received your note of this morning
on the picket line, whittier | had come to
meet you, and ascertain definitely what
terms were embraced in Won proD0Sal of yes
terday with reference To tie surrender of
this army. ] now ask an iutcrl lew in accord
ance with the offer contained in your letter
of yesterday for that purpose" Grant had
started for Sh,riIau's front nj an carIy hour
and this communication was sent bv the way
Of pe,do's ,ot,,lr,rd u tt..,.or,,o an -,
reach him. tbe Ceneral.in-,bier min nasrIr
midday lie ,runeJi,tcI,- ,a,IiaI. -
motto of this dsta il . I,t This ,-Orno,,,t ,r1sG .
m 70 ei,-ed In ,n,,se,,.,.,,,, Of ~, -, ~
rassct from, tho I}irr,,,,,,,l ana - -
Road ., rho lor,,,,-ilro ,,,1 + -, -, -
am ar ms ,yrttir,. ~, So - 80,
Of Walter church ana win ,Isb cr,.,.s -
the front for the purpo-c Of rrnotin,, ,(o,,
Notice sent 10 mo on thts ROAD ~ E,,,s -,
wish the interview ~ take n ,,n VIII 49,
me, This uote was carrfri rnr,var.I -, ~
Hancock Of Grapt.s sr,T Who ',,a.s.'4 ~. ~.
enemv's pjcket. ana was cop1,,.t,i :, w., ~,
The great rebel was sittfn,, nv no ,.,,,Ii5,
under an apple tree. surrounded nv Ms oTTi
GERS hut he immediatplv mounted al,5 -
forward 70 soIact tho ,,r,I,o 60 ~ t. u'o
=; occo~aor, ,i+I tt .; 80 = ' ieN'
Etrst hoylo,,e- he dnsfr3 =, r - % "l"ht'
TO Meade. He had been so anXious ~ avoid