The boys of '61; or, Four years of fightingPersonal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . GO m o H Cm OH En CfiJ O 1865.] SUEEENDER OF LEE. 55* of peace. In the radiant light of that Sabbath sun they couldrejoice in the thought that they had once more a reunitedcountry; that an abject people had been redeemed fromslavery; that the honor of the nation had been vindicated ;that the flag which traitors had trailed in the dust at the be-ginning of the conflict was more than ever the emblem of theworlds best bn6 THE BOYS OF 61. [Apri
The boys of '61; or, Four years of fightingPersonal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . GO m o H Cm OH En CfiJ O 1865.] SUEEENDER OF LEE. 55* of peace. In the radiant light of that Sabbath sun they couldrejoice in the thought that they had once more a reunitedcountry; that an abject people had been redeemed fromslavery; that the honor of the nation had been vindicated ;that the flag which traitors had trailed in the dust at the be-ginning of the conflict was more than ever the emblem of theworlds best bn6 THE BOYS OF 61. [April, CHAPTER Day was breaking on the 12th of April, when General Grant,accompanied by his staff, alighted from the cars at City Point,after a tedious night ride from Burkesville. He walked slowlyup the steep bank to his head-quarters, not with the air of aconqueror, but as if sleep and rest would be far more accept-able than the congratulations of a noisy crowd. Four years hadpassed since he left his quiet home in Illinois, a humble citizen,unknown beyond his village borders ; but now his name was in-separably connected with a great moral convulsion, world-widein its influence, enduring as time in its results. The mightyconflict of ideas had swept round the globe like a tidal wave ofthe ocean. Industry had been quickened in every land, andnew channels of trade opened among the nations. Whereverhuman language was spoken, men talked of the war betweenSlavery and Freedom, and aspirations for good were awakenedin the hearts of toiling millions in E
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