Evening star., 1924-04-27

4 UpOU MIN JH6 Talk Oh lieutenant gen
eral (never held by any officer in the
Army up to that time with the excep-
ton of Gen. Washington. This placed
| him in command of all the armies OF
| the Union forces, and he was known
| from that time on as general of the
Army Grant loved Sherman with
true devotion, and he made him com
mander Of the Army Of the West.
Grant transferred his headquarters
| to the Army of the Potomac.
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InUT of the dual victories Of Get
~ tysburg and Vicksburg had come
plan of campaign, with the Union
generals moving their forces like
| pieces in a carefully played game
of chess, and this was to bring the
bitter struggle to d close within a
years time. Lee was to see no more
| Union commanders gain an advantage
and fail to follow it up, or advance
| only to retreat, as had the Army Of
| the Potomac under the successive
Gems. Pope, Mcclellan, Burnside, and
| Hooker, but he was to face a grim
determination that had grown relent-
| less III llS AAeu puL pooC " AlAAl'Fii "''@N
| it had begun.
So while Gen. Joseph Z. Johnston
was battling futily against Gen.
Sherman, whose methods pleased
| Grant greatly, from Chattanooga 10
! Atlanta, and from Atlanta to the ssa.
| in a ruthless, compromising de-
struction of property and supplies.
Grant initiated his Wilderness cam
paign against Lee.
! OF all the fields of battle during
the war, that Of the Wilderness WAS
| the most deadly, the most bewildAr-
| ing to both sides, for the heavy
| growth of timber made advance diff
fcult, obstructed all view and
brought untold suffering to the mon
| from the falling, burning trees set
| on fire by the guns.
At cold ILarbor Lees intrenched
men saw Gen. Grant make a great
blunder that cost him 1000 men III
one hour, for he attacked all alons:
the enemys whole front simui-
taneously. thus failing to mass tho
enemy and so capture or destroy
them with flanking movement
I bul tildl " iSS not dill lHcy saw. lpE
| Grant ordered his men into the next
fight. and so on, and ever on through
forty terrible days until he led his
| enthusiastically cheering men out Of
the Wilderness and on to Peters
burg and Richmond, in spite of l0sI
of $4,000 men, a force equal to Lees
whole army. Such a man could not
be defeated. 1t was a new expert
ence for the ardent veterans of the
Confederacy.
| There is something tremendous
about silent leader who never rec
ognizes repulse or defeat. but who
moves on like a force of destiny.
knowing that somewhere, some time
somehow, victory awaits him. 1t IS
| for him to seek and to find ever to
move forward, ever to complete the
| thing he has determined to do And
his men caught his spirit and moved
on with him, the whole Army caught
up in that winged state of cheering
enthusiasm that makes it irresistible
"a kind of CrpmwelIs singing army
whom nothing could defeat = tho
spirit singing even in the face OF
\
akin to religious fervor-just men
following leader whom they loved.
even as Napoleon's men caught his
marvellous enthusiasm and followed
him to victory on a score of famous
fields
The north. too, at last was solidIy
behind it's fighting forces: the bank
ers were pouring out streams OF
money in support of the cause, and
foreign countries had ceased to aid
or encourage the south. All thes,,
things fired the men with a new zeal,
a new strength, and the change was
eiectr1cal-a1 felt it. all were deeply
stirred by it.
after Richmond Lee Withdrew hi,
u~inoilns forces toward the mount.
ains' out Grant never let him rest dav
VI hlsht' while he endeavored to cut
oii MS advance with Sheridan's dash
ing cavalry. Gen. Lee had fought "a
saiiant night with almost fawIess tar
tics ana generalship, but he was with
ou' men or supplies. and his trains
Oh provisions had been cut off from
MIN. He could not advance and ba
could not retreat, so in reply to a nota
rom Cen Grant, proposing a parIey
oh terms OF surrender, he agreed to
consider what the Union commander
would lay before him.
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, SO Grant went to Lee at Appomat-
Court House, finding him in ths
home of Mr.. Mclean. Grant had m,
soldiers bIouse for a., <~,. =,
shoulder straps of his rank. He was
as was customary with him while on
. horseback in the field, without q
sword Lee was, by marked contrast.
IN full uniform, entirely new, wearing
the priceless sword presented to him
by the state of Virginia Each man
had his staff with him.
Victor and vanquished greeted each
other as they shook hands, and then
sat down and conversed at some
length upon every subject except the
war. Lees face gave not the slightest
indication of his feelings, such was
his perfect self-control. 1t was Lee
who first mentioned the momentous
purpose of the parley, and he asked
Gen. Grant what terms of surrender
he would offer. Gen. Grant says in his
memoirs that he had not thought in
words Of definite terms and that
when he put his pen to the paper he
did not know what he would write
thereon.
Lee put on his glasses. read the
written pages, and after a little dis
cussion regarding the retention of