Without serious resistance, therefore, on the 2d of April the Federals To every seven yards - nothing more than a skirmish line. So sadly attenuated that at some places it consisted of but one man The concentration of every available man at that point to resist theįederal advance, and a consequent stretching out of our line, already Ment against the Confederate right near Five Forks this necessitated " On the first day of April, General Grant directed a heavy move. Taylor, the devoted and efficientĪdjutant-General* of the Army of Northern Virginia, gives theįollowing account of the disastrous last days of the Army of Northern Only a presentation of authentic details may beĪttempted. They haveīeen fully discussed by candid and able writers.
TheĬauses of its surrender were manifestly insurmountable.
The achievements of the Army of the Confederate States ofĪrrierica have met undiminishable acknowledgment in the military Within his immediate attainment, and has endeavored fidelity in theĮntire performance of his official trust. He has availed himself of every reference for information Possession of the editor, his task has been both perplexing and The forces the desultory mode of parole, and the subsequent dis-Īrrangement of the documents themselves before they came into the Ing preceding the day of surrender the incidental disintegration of To the rearrangement of his command by General Lee on the morn. Misconceptions as to the correct rendering of proper names. Printing, although it is apprehended that there were many clerical The orthography of the originals has been carefully followed in Robert Ould, Confederate States Commissioner ofĮxchange of Prisoners of War, by whom they were deposited in theĪrchives of the Southern Historical Society. The present documents passed from General Lee into the charge of Grant, commanding the Armies of the United States. This compilation has been printed from the originals of the dupliĬate paroles of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered atĪppomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 9, 1865, which were retainedīy its commander, General Robert Edward Lee, Confederate StatesĪrmy the other duplicate being delivered to Lieutenant-General Secretary of the Southern Historical Society. The United States on the use of the text.įROM THE DUPLICATE ORIGINALS IN THE ARCHIVES There are no known copyright restrictions in commanding surrendered at Appomattox C.H., Va.
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