The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-07
SERMON BY REV. MIR. BURNES
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| (Continued from Eleventh Page) | conditions. That was not satisfactory | and Grant sent another letter through | the lines. In that he set forth the one i condition of surrender That the men and officers should be disqualified from taking up arms against the government of the United States until properly ex- changed. On that agreement he was willing to meet with him or appoint of fcers to meet with others selected by Lee. But there was no standing still while these notes were being exchanged. That day the Second corps had marched twenty-six miles and stopped at mic
 night only three miles from the rear of
 the enemy under the command of Cen
 eral Longstreet. Away in the front the
 yellow haired Custer had seized Appo-
 mattox station, The train guards were
 able to run off three of the trains back
 to Lynchburg, but the other four were
 held by Custer. Then one more push to
 the west and the northern troopers were
 between the Confederate army and
 Lynchburg and their last hope was in
 peril. One thing more done and the
 hope should be destroyed.
 The infantry under command of Ord,
 consisting of the Twentyfourth and
 Fifth corps, must be brought up and
 placed in the rear of the cavalry. But
 they were miles in the rear, it was
 night and the men exhausted with their
 almost superhuman efforts. Neverthe-
 less Sheridan was inexorable. So the
 two corps pushed on through the dark
 ness and at sunrise they were formed in
 battle line immediately in the rear of
 the cavalry. At the same time union
 had taken place between the Second and
 Sixth corps In the rear of the enemy
 and that was their position on the morning of the 9th of April, one week after the outer works in front of Peters burg had been carried Such week of
 hunger and weariness, marching and fighting the American continent had never seen and probably never will again. The march of the ten thousand Greeks was a small thing compared to 1t. And now came the last grand eff fort of the Confederacy. Grant had no authority to treat of that in reply as- sured Lee that the true way of peace was by the south laying down it's arms.  He also earnestly expressed the wish that not another life should be lost. And that was the man they called Butcher Grant" because he saw that the only way to conquer the rebellion was by hard and persistent blows, which would end in there being a say ing of life. The Father of Liars has al ways had a numerous progeny. but it may be doubted if he ever had meaner one than he raised in that generation It may be to the credit of the Confede- rate commander that he would not sur render until he found out the perfect of his condition. That would depend upon the way one looks at it. It certainly was in keeping with his temperament that he first made the effort to break through the cavalry they alone were in his front But the last day of the Army of North arn Virginia had come. They had lost guns, colors, wagon trains, commissary stores, regiments, brigades divisions, and before the day should end should surrender its organizat ton as an army! The charging force was under he command of General Gordon. He | had already announced to Lee that his corps was reduced to a frazzle, but if ! nothing but cavalry was before them hey could break through. It was made | n splendid style, and so the last effort | Df that army was in harmony with it's nigh spirit. The cavalry were being | 'orced steadily back and hope rose in he hearts of the gallant men. Sudden y they saw line that filled them with lismay. battle line of the Fifth 'orps on the left, and the Twenty ourth corps with it's two divisions of white troops and one division of colored roops advancing in quick time with fixed. and hope died. Its fail Ire decided Lee. and at once a note was ent through the lines to Grant asking