History and government of the United States, for evening schools . The Confederate States Surrender of Lee.—Finally, after great battles in the Wil-derness and the siege and capture of Richmond, General Leewas forced to surrender to General Grant at Appomattox CourtHouse in Virginia in April, 1865. This ended the Civil War,It is much to the credit of the South that no rebel bands con-tinued to fight in the mountains of Tennessee after the sur-render of Lee. It is also to the credit of the soldiers on both b2 HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY sides that, after the war was over, they returned to their home
History and government of the United States, for evening schools . The Confederate States Surrender of Lee.—Finally, after great battles in the Wil-derness and the siege and capture of Richmond, General Leewas forced to surrender to General Grant at Appomattox CourtHouse in Virginia in April, 1865. This ended the Civil War,It is much to the credit of the South that no rebel bands con-tinued to fight in the mountains of Tennessee after the sur-render of Lee. It is also to the credit of the soldiers on both b2 HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY sides that, after the war was over, they returned to their homesand to such peaceful occupations as they could find. Cost of the War. — The War of Secession was a costly oneboth in lives and in treasure. Nearly a million men perishedin it, and many who survived were maimed or disabled for to the Union soldiers have already been paid to theamount of more than $2,000,000,000, and the end is not homes for both Union and Confederate soldiers have. Surrender of General Lee been built, the former by the national government, and thelatter by the Southern States and by popular subscriptions. Itis estimated that the cost of the war in money fell little shortof $10,000,000,000. This includes the large sums of moneyborrowed to help put State troops in the field, and the greatloss of the Southern States, by the destruction of buildings andother property. Emancipation of Slaves. — The South lost also the value of$2,000,000,000 in slaves set free by President Lincolns Eman- BISTOBT OF OVn COXINTUY 68 cipation Proclamation in 1863. Their freedom was confirmedby the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments tothe Constitution of the United States adopted in I860, 1868,and 1870. (See p. 108.) Effects of the War. — Yet the conflict was inevitable and itsresult has been almost wholly for the good of the Americanpeople. It has spread the system of free labor over the entireUnion, and has made the United States one nat
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