J.D. Mitchell
ASIN: B00OYUM7QM
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 44
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fighting and surrender by generals on both sides*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsOf all the dramatic events that transpired during the Civil War, the end of the war in April 1865 brought perhaps the most remarkable of them all, and they came in such quick succession that it’s still hard to believe nearly 150 years later. On April 2, the long siege of Petersburg by Ulysses S. Grant ended with Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia finally having its line broken, forcing Lee to retreat and give up Richmond in the process. Lee’s battered army began stumbling toward a rail depot in the hopes of avoiding being surrounded by Union forces and picking up much needed food rations. While Grant’s army continued to chase Lee’s retreating army westward, the Confederate government sought to escape ...