Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13


did he betake himself to swamp jun
Gle orr 10 ountain festness to shoot
bears Or wlldeata.. He took. a boat ride.
nae MSat dOIHSa to City PolAt, on the
3afnaG ritter, In Ylr6inf6, to ssS bow
General Qrant'x army was getting
alAnT. Grant had his headquarters
thers In a group OF cQstaHeqsOn q high
kauH where the JaSsSs hHdN the &b-
nkmRtt0x rivers 36iazs sraf tea days
the presidSat hveds1hexe, &teetipg HE
rest GanexaIAsz Nha4tina sti1Asl aaAeR
laisll6 IHssSse
dtArs In .thstr tents --AlHags~ fNr. com:
Maading general or for tue blue bl0u..
|sSa ham In tie r is1saEa ;hS had 4 word Of
cheer Ind 1se0oSntiyi-6s 'f,SnST little
story that itlpStFkted 'somS 'w1AS point
II argument
i. Ii .yas Jan odd sort Of vacation. Lin
solu oailsd 1t HE holiday, but asa mat
tor. Ot fact he Was still at: Hsrk, doing
hts duty By the people, making person
I'll Inspection Of the army and Offering
ia His almost ApoloGeti0 manner now
and then 4 suggestion to General
Grant. .~..-.4 r.
General Sherman, fresh from his far,
Nous march to the. sea, visited City
Point to confer with Lincoln and.
Grant; ..Ail knew that the war was
drawing ITO its close; that the great
struggle was nearly over; that ultimate
victory lay just beyond Grant and
ShsrA.an each sbellqred that he must
light one more terrible battle.
s"DOn't do it IL you can help il,
urged the humane Lincoln. mo more
bieOdshed, No more bl0odshed," he re
peatedly said.
All day on the Slst OF March, when
Grant was beginning his hnal move
Di0nt against Lee. Lincoin sat III the
telegraph once at headquarters for
Warding to Mr. stanton, secretary. Of
war, the reports that. came In from
0rant, who was here and there and
CySry wAere ND aud down his long line
ak army fnaneuySEN. Joyous news Lin.
a6aM sent. to Washington. One item
WaS tbs Victory Of General Sheridan at
4avN Points On~ the LIST Of April. An,
ethel was the evacuation Of Peters
btWR. - The president himself entered
. Petersburg bUt a few hours after the
COnfederatee moved out for q dnal talk
with Grant, who wAs about to move ON
from theFs after the retreatina army.
on the ID of. April the joyful nsHs that
Richmond had been evacuated reached
CITY Point and. ,Lincoln Immediately
said, ST want to see -Richmond''
S TIVE days lister he StNrted up the
James, and, with four friends aud q
guard Of ten United States marines.
tho president of tho United States,
Iantii:aH frOm his little steamer, walked
IAto Richmond, the Confederate CAPT
tai. which Tor four years his armies
had .hAAn tcyine 10 capture. II IL re-
lated that an old negro threw hipSelf
at the feet Of I4iScoin. kissing the big
up0ta whscA he " ore. aud cried eut:
!. ~Er6sS de EAwd! HeAh ann de great
Messiah IT. :.
such crowds gathered about the pres.
A&S0t: who was so tail .thNt he could
!. ba s<6n and recognised eVSn from the
ralltAe edg6xof the multitude, that the
|. ,ssHr 4. .GusEd Of marines had 4 hard
stR0aHie..t~r vst him through the thronS
a. the White HeupS OF the coneedSra-
81, .ths hSAs Of. JsfArSoA Davis dur
~ De .Nay.~- Mr.: yaRlttE. 1af ecrEse had
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