Identifier: historyofamerica03drap (find matches)
Title: History of the American Civil War
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Draper, John William, 1811-1882
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slavery Slaves
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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st for them either by night orby day. If they attempted to snatch a few moments sleep,they were roused by the hoof-clatter of Sheridans cavalry.A remnant, brave and unyielding as ever, kept on its wea-ry way toward Farmville, where it hoped to cross the Ap-pomattox, to burn the bridges in its rear, and thereby stopits pursuers. Such, thus far, were the incidents which befell the Army of the Potomac. Meantime Ord, with his com-acereossrtheApPo-ay niand of the Army of the James, had, on the mattox. , evening of the 5th, reached Burkesville, andnext morning pushed forward to Farmville, to burn thebridges and intercept Lee at that point. Orels advance con-sisted of two regiments of infantry, and a squadron of caval-ry under Head. It struck the head of Lees fleeing columnas it was preparing to cross the Appomattox. Read, dis-regarding the odds against him, and the desperation withwhich the enemy would fight, threw his little force uponthem, in hopes of arresting their march and burning the
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588 LEES OFFICERS ADVISE A SURRENDER. (Sect. XXI. bridges in their faces. With the energy of despair theycleared their way to the bridges, hurling Reads men aside,killing him, and making good their passage over the river.On the night of the 6th several of the Confederate gen-erals met round a bivouac fire, and, in view of the state ofaffairs, decided on taking upon themselves the responsibil-ity of advising Lee to surrender. They accordingly sentPendleton to him to state this. But Grant spared Lee thepain of making the proposition. He had dispatched to himthe following letter: April 7th, 1865. Geneeal,—The result of the last week must convince you of thehopelessness of farther resistance on the part of the Grant asks the sur- x .„. . T7_. . . , . A. T _ - render of the Con- Army oi .Northern Virginia in this struggle. 1 ieel federate army. ,v , ., . , j ., , . °° ,.„, „ that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift irommyself the responsibility of any farther effusion of

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