. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . Meherrinf |^ /^c^ -* ICKFORDjUNCTiq,N^^-~v^. ^^ ^VX^pTSuf folk Clarlcsville^ jioano^e Ji. Jji!^ «^o ^. ■ ) VP^°*°.1T. rreensboroVik f;^^ >^ RALEIGH\^ !Fayetteville\o ^diabTioro ^ N;^.-\^ ^t^ SkCheraw ^stifo/. ^^r tu AUGUSTA ^ R. rT-WV*^ U ^ WILM>N^^° |\^ j^Ft FISHER Cape Lookout C-ap^Fear ^*^^.. ^- 10. 20 1oMUe3 THE LAST BLOWS ^81 On the 4tli of April, Lee reached Amelia Court House,a place on the Richmond and Danville Road abouttwenty miles northeast of Burksville June- Sheridanstion. His army had now dwindled to about occupation o


. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . Meherrinf |^ /^c^ -* ICKFORDjUNCTiq,N^^-~v^. ^^ ^VX^pTSuf folk Clarlcsville^ jioano^e Ji. Jji!^ «^o ^. ■ ) VP^°*°.1T. rreensboroVik f;^^ >^ RALEIGH\^ !Fayetteville\o ^diabTioro ^ N;^.-\^ ^t^ SkCheraw ^stifo/. ^^r tu AUGUSTA ^ R. rT-WV*^ U ^ WILM>N^^° |\^ j^Ft FISHER Cape Lookout C-ap^Fear ^*^^.. ^- 10. 20 1oMUe3 THE LAST BLOWS ^81 On the 4tli of April, Lee reached Amelia Court House,a place on the Richmond and Danville Road abouttwenty miles northeast of Burksville June- Sheridanstion. His army had now dwindled to about occupation of «« ,-. T TT , n , 1 lee» line of fifty thousand men. He expected to supply retreat tow-his troops at this point, but when he reachedthe place, he found that the train containing the sup-plies had gone on to Richmond several days before byorder of the Government, and had done so withoutunloading the food for his starving soldiers. Thisnecessitated his remaining for twenty-four hours atAmelia to forage. The halt of the Confederates gaveSheridan his opportunity. He reached Burksvilleahead of Lee. The infantry led by Meade soon arrivedon the line of the Danville Road, and Lee found, on the6th, any further advance in this direction impossible. Lee now undert


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