The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . his men were Battu of Five Forks. Lees beaten and captured, especially in the battle of Five works , on the ist of April. He had weakened his forcein front of Grant, by drawing out troops to keep Sheri-dan from cutting the railroads that brought him sup-plies, and, while the battle of Five Forks was takingplace, some of the Confederate works at Petersburg werecarried by assault, and others were taken the next day. The night follow-ing, that is, the 2dof April, Lee beganhis retreat fromRichmond. His fi
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . his men were Battu of Five Forks. Lees beaten and captured, especially in the battle of Five works , on the ist of April. He had weakened his forcein front of Grant, by drawing out troops to keep Sheri-dan from cutting the railroads that brought him sup-plies, and, while the battle of Five Forks was takingplace, some of the Confederate works at Petersburg werecarried by assault, and others were taken the next day. The night follow-ing, that is, the 2dof April, Lee beganhis retreat fromRichmond. His first object was toreach Danville, Vir-ginia, and from that place to unitewith Johnston. But, finding a Unionforce between him and Danville, hisnow starving army was turned toward cavalry cut him off from that place, and onthe 9th of April, 1865, Lee surrendered his army toGeneral Grant, at Court-House. Johnston could make no stand alone, and sixteen davs Johnston surren-ders. Close of the later he surrendered to General Sherman. The smaller Lees retreat andsurrender, April9, 1865. 346 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. bodies of Confederate troops yielded soon after, andthe four terrible years of war were at last ended. Thesoldiers on both sides returned to their homes. No warso vast had ever been seen in modern times, and nobraver men had ever fought. The impressions left bythe sufferings of the civil war have produced a strongsentiment in favor of peace. CHAPTER LVIII. TRAITS AND RESULTS OF THE WAR.—DEATH OF LINCOLN. The Trent affair. The war led to somc Complications in the foreign Danger of war with England. relations of the United States. Both in England andFrance there were statesmen who were jealous of therapid growth of this country. They were afraid that theUnited States would become more powerful than theEuropean nations, and they would have been pleased tosee it divided. In 1861 this hostile feeling in Englandwas very much increased
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