The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26

co 70 ~ SHOWN " the ihct tnat there wore only
53l soldiers killed and wounded and l,6ls can.
tured and missing. After a tramp OF four we,I,
Sherman's wagons were siill loaded with ,n,'
plies. and his mon and animals wore in bctt,,
condition than when they left Atlanta.
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In q chapter on the final campaign Col. Chprc.
shows that in March. 1865. Grant had under nj,
immediate orders nearly 1913, 900 men, and loo
about 81, On the other hand. Sherman h.d
reached Goldsboro. n. c., and had there hcor -,
inforccd by the Army Of the Ohio. under 500.
field, his effective strength being thus raised IN
nearly S9.0 tnen. OF nine lines OF communal.
cation centring at Richmond and Pctcrsbprr
only two remained under Confederate control,
the Southsido road, running west and south.
west, across Virginia and into the State of Ton.
nessee. and the Richmond and Danville Ran.
road. running southwest to the boundary n,
North Carolina. These two railways crossed
each other at a point sixty miles from Richmond
and 6fty miles west from Petersburg. Gram,
plan OF operations was TO extend his lines south
of Petersburg far enough to the left to securo
control of these railroads. for this meant the do
struction OF Lees army. The matter Of immn
diate concern was to prevent Lop from brcakinr
away and Joining Johnston, and. with him. At.
lacking Sherman. Grant recalls in his Memoir,
that no spent days Of anxiety lest each morn.
ing should bring a report that the enemy had r~
treated the night before" 1t was on April !
1865, that. Sheridan's capture OF Five Fork,
shattered Lees right, broke his attcnuated lin.,.
and rendered his position at Petersburg
untonable. Nothing remained for him but
q retreat, either 10 the Notifications abop,
Richmond or to tho mountain region,
to tho west. 1t Ia well known TIA.
Richmond and Petersburg were evacuated
on the night Of April 2, and on the following
morning a body Of Union soldiers under Wcl,zel
occupied tho Confederate capital. Meanwhile
Grants troops were following the flight Of Lee,
army. and on April 0. at Appomattox Court
House. Leo surrendered. 1t is an interesting
fact that the Army of the Potomac had at this
date so nearly exhausted its own supple, that
It could not have followed Lee another day, bur
would have been compelled to fall back on ban.
willie, to open communication with its rear, If
Characteristic Of Grant to push on. in the belief
that his antagonist was ia a worse plight than
Col. Church directs attention to the contr,,,
between the two chief actors In the historical
scene at Appomattox; "Loe was Grants senior
His entire training had been IN the military ser.
Of the old army. which considered that deport.
ment was as essential to a military character az
his handsome presence. and he looked every Gs' innS
the soldier. Grant, who was thoroughly demo.
cratic in all his ideas and ways, was dressed on
this occasion In a plain and well-worn uniform.
and wore an enlisted mans overcoat, covered
with the dust of travel. Having no sword, he
felt 1t necessary to explain that he seldom wore
one. He had found, like many other officers,
hat IT was q useless weapon and a serious
incumbrance in riding long distances by day
and night. The triple stars shining upon biz
shoulders were all that indicated his rank, and
he looked moro like q Missouri farmer than the
and most successful OF living soldiers. Grant
represented tho principles of equality and hu.
man brotherhood that make America what she
Is; Lee was the type OF q departing era. destined
traditions of royal and aristocratic pretension.
But no Bayard Of romance could have borne
himself with moro knightly consideration for a
fallen foe than did the plain man. whose action,
giving such opportunity for tho display OF tho
Ntueness and self-absertiop of q small mind. or
the greatness and self-forgetfulness OF q noble
One would infer from an incident recounted
by Gen. Horace Porter. and reproduced In the
book before US. that the least moved Of the
actors In the scene, at A~ppomattox was the GEN
eral-in- Chief Of the Union armies. It seems
night hs FIRST words were addressed to Gen.
Rufus ingalls. to whose services In the Quarter.
masters Department he owed much: ingalls,.
do you remember that old white mule that so.
Mexico - why, perfectly said ingalls,. who
was just then In q mood to remember The exact
number OF hairs in. the mules tail II 1t would
the General-in-C hief went on to recall tho antics
played by that animal during an excursion to
Popocatepetl. 1t was not until after supper
talked freely of his entire belief that the rest of
the rebel commanders would follow Lees exam
pie. and that wa should have but q little more
fighting, even of . partisan nature.