The Washington herald., 1915-03-28

with 4 total abstainer who had hoo,
caught IN the rain and sought shell
yer AT Il friends house. The friend
suggested that a drink Of lioucr would
uo MS guest good. The temperance
adFocate said he would take lemon
ade. The host. pointing to the brandy
pot'Ie' said the lemonade would h.
more palatable If il had a little brandy
III IL. Inc guest replied that he couId
not rake brandy. but that if a littls
prahdy were put in the lemonade .un-
ject o' o"
From this illustration Gen. Sherman
inferred that Mr.. Lincoln would h.
SIad 10 have Mr.. Davis escane nm
beknown" TO him
Al noon Lincoln and Sherman part-
en' WIN handshakc at the Gang
way OF the River Queen. never to meey
again. ~ ''e
The Bat. faster steamer ira, the
'.u' was placed at Gen. Sherman's
spos5i Tor his return journey. He
drriNed IN due course at C;oldsboro :,
ma everything quiet on his front.
AS result of his talks with Gran,
IeI. sherman at once began making.
manages IN tho organization of his
army and In perfecting a system for
bringing up supplies from the coast
~ PREPARATORY 10 battle with John
ston. '0""-
News OF LincoIn's Death.
mere events may be anticipated
man mad agreed with Gen. Grant
a. "Utc asainst Johnston on April 10.
- nat day the forward movement
twenty miles west from C;oIdshoro
was occupied as Gen. Johnston's arn,y
n BACK. In turn Raleigh. the STATE
"l''"I' twenty-five miles beyond fol-
, me hands Of the Federals on
IN the morning of April II,
zen. sherman received word from Gen
nutSOh fitzpatrick. his cavalry com
Hi"hder, that flag Of truce had bn.r
received at DurhaIns S,,,ion - -.
railroad about twenty-six miles 80
west OF Raleigh. with a message fron,
'eh. johnston to Cen Sherman Tbi,
message proved to be n reoues, fror,
the Confederate general Tor an in
IerFiew. Gen. Johnston had learned Of
Lees surrender TO Grant and felt thar
the cause was now hopeless.
ooHIt iurther correspondence occu-
pea the next two DAYS. and owl.
April II Gen. Sherman sew our n, ,aiI
from Raleigh TO meet Gen. Jobnstor
ne was Just entering the car when m.
te'es rapher ran out TO halt him. saw
ing mat very important MESSAGE
was just coming in from, No,.baoI
ny near HeWbsrn. on the coast This
pioHtu 10 be a dispatch from Wash
"sI'i teLHhS OF the assassination OF
Lincoln. Sherman bound the oner,,or
sion. ans "i'S
sherman and Johnston Meet
The meeting of the two ,.,o,-
took place about five r,i,es r.,
blrhams Station. between the outnosts
OF the armies. Gen. Johnston was ,c-
'o'hpanled by Gen. Wade Hamp,or
and Gen. Sherman by Gen. Kilpatrick
zen sherman and Gen. Johnston 70.
pared TO neishborinG farmhouse.
ana tn"re the former produced the
lt'esram ne had just received. John
SION. when the first shock on learning
or lhncoln's death was over burst
form in dcnunciation of the. assss
sins.
Inc next day another conference
resulted in an agreement for sur-
render. which Sherman submitted IN
Washington. This agreement, or CON
Nehtion' provided that all Confederate
troops then under arms should dis
5and. march TO their Respective St,,,
capitals and deposit their arms in the
state arsenals: that the State govern
ments of the South should be rrcoc-
nized as part of the Union upou III.
members taking oath of allegiance.
and that general amnesty be cx-
tended 10 the officers and men OF the
disbanded armies.
Gen. Sherman believed the terms Of
inns agreement were in keeping with
the spirit Lincoln had manifested and
mat they would tend to bring the
country 10 state of peace and pros
perlty in rapid and orderly manner.
But the convention was disapproved
by President Johnson and Secretary
OF War stanton. The Iatter's public
criticism of the agreement caused a
lasting hatred of him by Gen Sher-
man.
Surrender of S9,27O,
\ new agreement. in terms similar
TO those granted Gen. Lees army. was
drawn up. and on April IS, Gen. John
ston surrendered his army of 3s,S1I
men. As the surrender embraced all
troops in the Csrolinas. Georgia and
Florida. Gen. j. III. Wilson's Federal
cavalry. which had entered Georgia
after raid through Alabama. subss-
Guently paroled 52.453 Confederates
other than those comprising Gen
Johnston's army.
Johnston scrupuIously distributed
1" each officer and man a coin dollar
out OF small sum of money he had
received from the Confederate treas
uTy. wrO'" Gen. Cox in The March
10 the Sea-. and. with this token OF
unpaid services they had given TO tho
lost cause. the men in gray. scatter
Ing on different routes. took up the
journey homeward-to many of them
a long and weary one-to begin anew
the struggle OF life in almost uni
versal impoverishmens
The national columns marched
northward with flying colors and swell
of martial music. full of hope and en-
thusIasm. to take part in that MEM
orable review at Washington, where
their sorrow that Lincoln could nor
have returned their salute from the
front of the White House was repre
sentative sorrow for all the comrade.
who could not answer to that morn
ings roll-csll''
After the War.
Sherman succeeded Grant as ueuten
ant general. when Grant took office a,
President he became a full general.
He died in New York city February IA.
1891.
Gen. Johnston eventually becam.
United States Commissioner of Rail-
roads When Gen. sherman died none
him more sincerely than Gen.
Johnston. Acting as honorary pail
bearer at Sherman's funeral Gen.
Johnston contracted heavy cold.
which aggravated a chronic heart
trouble and caused his death. He
passed away at Washington. d. -.
March 81. 1891.
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