. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . rmy was reduced to 32,000 men, whileGrant had under his orders 220,000. Lee moved off fromPetersburg and endeavored to get to Danville, intendingto unite his army with Johnstons in North CaroHna. Fail-ing in this because the supplies which he had ordered to besent to Amelia Courthouse had by some blunder been senton to Richmond, he endeavored to get to Lynchburg toprotract the struggle in the mountainous country Surrender at Appomattox.—Beset and overwhelmed, andwithout supplies, he reached Appomattox with only 8,800 OF Virginia and Virgini
. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . rmy was reduced to 32,000 men, whileGrant had under his orders 220,000. Lee moved off fromPetersburg and endeavored to get to Danville, intendingto unite his army with Johnstons in North CaroHna. Fail-ing in this because the supplies which he had ordered to besent to Amelia Courthouse had by some blunder been senton to Richmond, he endeavored to get to Lynchburg toprotract the struggle in the mountainous country Surrender at Appomattox.—Beset and overwhelmed, andwithout supplies, he reached Appomattox with only 8,800 OF Virginia and Virginians 205 armed men, the survivors of the grand Army of NorthernVirginia. These Lee surrendered to Grant upon the 9thof April, 1865, and the great War Between the States wasended in Virginia and virtually in every other State. The Confederate Ironclad Virginia.—When the Federalsevacuated Norfolk they destroyed the works and vesselsat the navy yard, including the frigate Merrimac, which theysunk. The Confederates raised, repaired, and converted her. VALENTINE S RECUMBENT STATUE OF LEE AT LEXINGTON into a powerful ironclad ram according to a plan furnishedby Colonel John M. Brooke, of the Virginia Military was then renamed the Virginia. On March 8, 1862, assoon as completely ready for action, she steamed down toattack the Federal fleet, then lying in Hampton Roads, con-sisting of six Federal frigates and twelve gunboats. All fledsave the ^Cumberland and Congress, which could not Virginia struck the Cumberland with her steel ram,knocking a great hole in her side; but her men stood bravelyto their guns while the ship was sinking. At the last mo- 2o6 Young Peoples History ment the captain ordered his crew to leap overboard. Theorder was given none too soon, for she quickly went downwith her flag flying, carrying the wounded men of her Virginias steel beak was wrenched ofT and went downin the Cumberland. The Beaitfort, Captain Parker, and theRaleig
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