A first book in American history with European beginnings . j^) JUve Forks. ******* ~ ^YorKgm ^^ _»Dimviddie X^> The War in the East. way. Then, having taken Atlanta and destroyed every-thing that might be of use to the Southern army, he beganhis famous march to the sea. On the 22d of December,1864, Sherman telegraphed to President Lincoln, I beg 356 ULYSSES S. GRANT to present you as a Christmas gift the city of army had mowed down everything in the way andhad reached the coast. He now turned northward tomarch through the Carolinas and advance upon Lee fromthe south. But
A first book in American history with European beginnings . j^) JUve Forks. ******* ~ ^YorKgm ^^ _»Dimviddie X^> The War in the East. way. Then, having taken Atlanta and destroyed every-thing that might be of use to the Southern army, he beganhis famous march to the sea. On the 22d of December,1864, Sherman telegraphed to President Lincoln, I beg 356 ULYSSES S. GRANT to present you as a Christmas gift the city of army had mowed down everything in the way andhad reached the coast. He now turned northward tomarch through the Carolinas and advance upon Lee fromthe south. But General Grant did not need Shermans help. Hehad met the Confederates in several fierce battles in the. The Surrender of General Lee. Wilderness, the desolate woody region south of theRapidan River. His losses had been great; but in spiteof everything he would not turn back. I propose tofight it out on this line if it takes all summer, he he turned his attention to Petersburg, south of Rich-mond; and the city was captured on April 2, 1865. On the fall of Petersburg, Lee withdrew his army along357 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY the Appomattox River. The next day, April 3d, theUnion army marched into Richmond; and for the firsttime in four years the stars and stripes floated over thecapital of the Confederacy. It was at Appomattox Court House, about seventy-fivemiles west of Richmond, that General Lee, Commander inChief of the Confederate army, finally surrendered to Gen-eral Grant. This was a few days after the fall of Rich-mond. General Lee was tall, handsome, and noble look-ing. Dressed in a beautiful new Confederate uniform helooked most splendid beside the plain, roun
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