. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . n the day before on the gravelly shore of the Appotomax. When the lines south-east and west of the city were captured on April 2d, Lee had seen that retreat was the only resource haggard Init undaunted veterans began this final movement at eight oclock in the evening, passingto the north side of the Appomattox by the pontoon, Pocahontas and railroad bridges. These weregiven to the flames immediately after crossing, in order to hinder the pursuit. Though there
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . n the day before on the gravelly shore of the Appotomax. When the lines south-east and west of the city were captured on April 2d, Lee had seen that retreat was the only resource haggard Init undaunted veterans began this final movement at eight oclock in the evening, passingto the north side of the Appomattox by the pontoon, Pocahontas and railroad bridges. These weregiven to the flames immediately after crossing, in order to hinder the pursuit. Though there were in thefields of Mississippi and Alabama supplies enough to feed Lees army for a whole year, the means of trans-portation was so poor that all through the winter they had suffered from hunger. Now the only a\enueof supply that had remained in their control was seized by the LTnion armies. The possibility of joiningwith Johnstons forces, or of making a last stand where the pursuer should i)ut himself at a disadvantage,was the hope which sustained the famished heroes in gray as they left behind them the burning THE CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY FALLEN The ruins of the armory in the foreground, the pilhirs of the Petersburg and Richmond Railroad bridge across the James, a few housesin Manchester beyond the stream—this picture of desolation revives the scenes of wild commotion in Richmond on the 2d and 3dof April, 18G5. On the 2d, a quiet Sunday, Jefferson Davis, at morning service in St. Pauls Church, received a despatch from Gen-eral Lee, announcing the imminent fall of Petersburg and the necessity of retreating that night. Mr. Davis left his seat calmly; butby half-past eleven a strange agitation began to appear in the streets, and by noon the worst was known. A hubbub of excitement,the rumbling of trains and rattling of wagons Blled the afternoon. By sunset bands of ruffians made their appearance on the prin- 1
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