A history of the United States . fliis su])plies. Sheri-dan scattered theforces of Early andwas completely suc-cessful. Returning byway of Charlottes-ville, Sheridan rejoined Grant, March 29, and was at once putin command of the extreme left of the Union army, with ordersto push on around the Confederate left, to Five Forks. Thismovement obliged Lee to extend his line to that point, but, iBorn in New York, 1831; died, 1888. Graduated at West Point, 1853;received a cavalry command in 1862; distinguished himself at Perryville andStone River; fought with great gallantry at Chiekaraauga and Chatta
A history of the United States . fliis su])plies. Sheri-dan scattered theforces of Early andwas completely suc-cessful. Returning byway of Charlottes-ville, Sheridan rejoined Grant, March 29, and was at once putin command of the extreme left of the Union army, with ordersto push on around the Confederate left, to Five Forks. Thismovement obliged Lee to extend his line to that point, but, iBorn in New York, 1831; died, 1888. Graduated at West Point, 1853;received a cavalry command in 1862; distinguished himself at Perryville andStone River; fought with great gallantry at Chiekaraauga and Chattanooga;was given command of a cavalry corps hy Grant in 1864; defeated Early atWinchester and Fishers Hill, and, October 19, 1864, performed one of thenotable feats of the war by riding from Winchester twenty miles away andturning defeat into victory at Cedar Creek; took a leading part in the finalattack on Lees army in April, 1865; was made lieutenant genei-al in 1869;succeeded Sherman as general in chief, 1883; general in General Philip H. Sheridan. §551] MOVEMENTS OF SHERMAN AND GRANT 439 as he aiow had only about fifty thousand men with whom tocontend against the one hundred and twenty thousand com-manded by Grant, it was impossible to protect Richmond inthe north and to guard his communications at the south. TheConfederate lines were so long that Lee hardly had one thou-sand men to a mile. He therefore, after his lines had beenbroken at Five Forks, April 1, decided to abandon the city. 551. Surrenders of Lee and Johnston. — With the attack oi Sheridan on the extreme left. Grant ordered an assault, April 2, all along the line. Lee found that the only way to save his army was not only to aban-don Richmond, but to withdraw rapidly to the west. He had wished to abandon the capital before, but had deferred to the wishes of Davis. On the morning of April 3, the Union troops entered Richmond withoi;t opposition. Lee and his army turned westward, butthe advance of Sherida
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