. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . onducting the position was under fire, and as soon asthe group of staff-officers was seen, the en-emys guns began paying their respects to theparty. This lasted for nearly a quarter of anhour, and as the fire became hotter and hotterseveral of the officers, apprehensive of thegenerals safety, urged him to move to someless conspicuous position, but he kept on writ-ing and talking without the least interruptionfrom the shots falling around him, and appar-endy not noticing what a target the place wasbecoming, or paying any heed to t
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . onducting the position was under fire, and as soon asthe group of staff-officers was seen, the en-emys guns began paying their respects to theparty. This lasted for nearly a quarter of anhour, and as the fire became hotter and hotterseveral of the officers, apprehensive of thegenerals safety, urged him to move to someless conspicuous position, but he kept on writ-ing and talking without the least interruptionfrom the shots falling around him, and appar-endy not noticing what a target the place wasbecoming, or paying any heed to the gentlereminders to move on. After he had fin-ished his dispatches, he got up, took a viewof the situation, and as he started towards theother side of the farm-house said, with a quiz-zical look at the group around him: ^Vell,they do seem to have the range on us. Tliestaff was now sent to various points of theadvancing lines, and all was activity in press-ing forward the good work. By noon, nearlyall the outer line of works was in our possession,. :iv^^:^>i^:i!is^ .^^.>^.^?■:^^■^ UNION CAVALRYMEN RIDING AROUND THE MONUMENT OFJACKSON IN THE CAPITOL SQUARE, RICHMOND. GRANTS LAST CAMPAIGN. ^35 that Parke hadgone through theHnes at 4 a. m.,captLirhig a fewskirmishers, andthat the city had surrendered4:28 toEly A atColonelsecond
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