Four years of fighting : a volume of personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond . cknowledged the enthusiasm and devotion of the soldiers bybowing and thanking them for the glorious achievement oftheir arms. On Friday he looked careworn, but the great vic-tory had smoothed the deep wrinkles on his brow. Reaching City Point at noon, I was soon in the saddle,galloping towards Richmond; crossing the Appomattox atBroadway, riding to Varina, crossing the James on the pon-toons, and approaching the city by the New Market road,overtaking a d
Four years of fighting : a volume of personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond . cknowledged the enthusiasm and devotion of the soldiers bybowing and thanking them for the glorious achievement oftheir arms. On Friday he looked careworn, but the great vic-tory had smoothed the deep wrinkles on his brow. Reaching City Point at noon, I was soon in the saddle,galloping towards Richmond; crossing the Appomattox atBroadway, riding to Varina, crossing the James on the pon-toons, and approaching the city by the New Market road,overtaking a division of the Twenty-Fifth Corps on the out-skirts of the city. It was a hard, exhausting ride. Two milesout from the city my horse fell, and I found myself turning asummersault into the ditch; without broken bones, however,but I was obliged to moderate my speed for the remainder ofthe distance. Before entering upon the narrative of my own observa-tions, let lis take a look at events transpiring in the city onSunday. We are, said the Sentinel of Saturday evening, very hope-ful of the campaign which is opening, and trust that we are to. 1865.] EICHMOND. 501 reap a large advantage frori;i the operations evidently near athand We have only to resolve that we never will sur-render, and it will be impossible that we shall ever be taken. My line is broken in three places, and Richmond must beevacuated, was Lees despatch to JefF Davis. The messengerfound him in Rev. Dr. Minnegerodes church. He read thedespatch, hurried to tlie Executive Mansion, passed up thewinding stairway to his business apartment, sat down by asmall table, wrote an order for the removal of the coin in thebanks to Danville, for the burning of the public documents,and for the evacuation of the city. Mrs. Davis had left thecity several days previous. Rev. Dr. Minnegerode, before closing the forenoon service,gave notice that General Ewell desired the local forces to assem-ble at 3 P. M. There was no evening service. M
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