. Book of the Royal blue . sburg road. In thework of blasting and grading for the roadsome of the interesting and picturesquefeatures of the battlefield were ruthlesslysacrificed. The battle of Gettysburg in the Eastand the simultaneous fall of Vicksburg inthe West marked the beginning of the were the turning points of the South continued its fight, indeed, butonly on the defensive, in a gradually nar-rowing area. There were great battlesstill to be fought before the final surren-der. Grant had to force his way to Peters-burg, and then to Richmoud. Shermanmarched through Georg

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. Book of the Royal blue . sburg road. In thework of blasting and grading for the roadsome of the interesting and picturesquefeatures of the battlefield were ruthlesslysacrificed. The battle of Gettysburg in the Eastand the simultaneous fall of Vicksburg inthe West marked the beginning of the were the turning points of the South continued its fight, indeed, butonly on the defensive, in a gradually nar-rowing area. There were great battlesstill to be fought before the final surren-der. Grant had to force his way to Peters-burg, and then to Richmoud. Shermanmarched through Georgia, capturingAtlanta and Savannah. The Wilderness,Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cedar Creekand Nashville were added to the list ofUnion victories, and Cold Harbor and otherplaces to the now meagre list of Unionreverses. At last, on April 9, 1865, Lee surren-dered at Appomattox, Johnston on April organized resistance had now the end of May even the last detachedparties of Confederates had given up i: u II I Ml LD l I Pi mi, ,\ CKEEK,

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