General Grant . ^ i^ ^ ^ S Fold-outPlaceholder This fold-out is being digitized, and will be ins future Fold-outPlaceholder nis fold-out is being digitized, and will be inserted at a future date. SIEGES OF PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND. 275 small escort of cavalry, and conversed long and ear-nestly as to the conduct of the campaign, Grantexplaining very clearly and at length his plans andobjects. The President listened attentively, and as-sented to all that was said. When the interviewclosed, Lincoln mounted the generals superb bloodbay war horse Cincinnati, and galloped back toCity Point, wh


General Grant . ^ i^ ^ ^ S Fold-outPlaceholder This fold-out is being digitized, and will be ins future Fold-outPlaceholder nis fold-out is being digitized, and will be inserted at a future date. SIEGES OF PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND. 275 small escort of cavalry, and conversed long and ear-nestly as to the conduct of the campaign, Grantexplaining very clearly and at length his plans andobjects. The President listened attentively, and as-sented to all that was said. When the interviewclosed, Lincoln mounted the generals superb bloodbay war horse Cincinnati, and galloped back toCity Point, while Grant and his stafT set out torejoin the army, which during the interim hadbeen rapidly marching toward its objective. Whileon the road and shortly after leaving the President,Grant received a dispatch from General GodfreyWeitzel advising him that he had entered Rich-mond with his troops at qviarter past eight oclockthat morning—the 3d—and had found the city onfire in several places, and much confusion and dis-tress among the people. Without turning aside to enter the conqueredcapital. Grant press


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