On April 12, 1865, a telegram from Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant arrived to inform Major-General William T. Sherman about General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Sherman congratulated Grant and added, “The terms you have given Lee are magnanimous and liberal. Should Johnston follow Lee’s example I shall of course grant the same.” As Sherman’sContinue reading “Sherman’s March, April 12, 1865: “A little more labor, a little more toil on our part, the great race is won””
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Sherman’s March, April 11, 1865: “I will push Joe Johnston to the death”; Sherman advances on Smithfield
In the second week of April, 1865, for the third time in seven months Major-General William T. Sherman started his army group out of camp into a marching campaign. The movement out from the Goldsboro, North Carolina area differed somewhat from that of the movements out of Atlanta and Savannah. This time, instead of aimingContinue reading “Sherman’s March, April 11, 1865: “I will push Joe Johnston to the death”; Sherman advances on Smithfield”
April 10, 1865: Joseph Johnston’s Confederacy
NO, NO, NO! The Civil War did not end at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. A significant part of the Civil War – that of the military campaigns in Virginia – came to a close that day. But the Confederacy, and thus the war, remained on April 10. And keep in mind whatContinue reading “April 10, 1865: Joseph Johnston’s Confederacy”
To the Sound of the Guns 