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Posted on 4/6/15 at 7:29 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 4/6/15 at 7:29 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Friday, 7 April 1865
Union Lieutenant General Hiram U. Grant, in an effort to end the conflict in Virginia and avoid further bloodshed, sends a message to Confederate General Robert E. Lee asking for the surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia.
The Confederate Army, meanwhile, receives more punishment even though the much smaller force repulses the Federals in an engagement near Farmville, Virginia, and crosses the Appomattox River to continue their retreat on the north side. Although the Confederates attempted to burn the bridges behind them, Federal troop movements blocked Lee at Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House, squeezing Lee between Union forces on the east and west flanks.
Second account: Union Lieutenant General Hiram U. Grant confers with Confederate General Robert E. Lee through messages about the potential surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee, near Appomattox Court House, Virginia, as the starving and worn remnants of Lee's Southern Army cross the Appomattox River and receive much needed rations at Farmville, while the Union forces continue to surround them.
Another report: The Battle at Farmville, Virginia, erupts as the Union forces continue to press General Robert E. Lee's beleaguered troops during the Appomattox Campaign. Federal Major General Thomas Alfred Smyth is mortally wounded during the engagement at Farmville while riding his horse and encouraging him men on the firing line, receiving his death wound from the rifle of a Confederate sharpshooter, shot through the mouth.
Skirmishing also occurs at High Bridge, and at Prince Edward Court House, Virginia, in the Appomattox Campaign.
Union controlled Tennessee becomes the 18th state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment and inaugurates avowed abolitionist and staunch unionist William Gannaway “Parson” Brownlow as the state’s governor, who would soon become known as ‘The Terror of Tennessee’. Brownlow’s attitude on the issue of slavery evolved over the years; he had apparently supported abolition, then backed a proposal to repatriate slaves to Liberia, and later became a supporter of slavery. Brownlow’s backing for slavery seemed to become more rabid during the 1850's and he once invited prominent Northerners to debate the issue with him, a challenge which was accepted by Frederick Douglass. Brownlow indignantly refused Douglass’s offer to debate slavery due to his race. Brownlow was also violently anti-Catholic, denouncing what he referred to as “Romanism.” He assumed the same policies and attitudes held by the Radical Republicans, who dominated the Congress. They saw former Confederates as absolute traitors who deserved the harshest kind of punishment. The Republicans rejected the more forgiving policies formulated by President Abraham Lincoln, which were also basically the policies advocated by Lincoln’s successor, Andrew Johnson. The Radical Republicans were far less interested in healing the wounds of the Civil War than extracting a pound of flesh from Southerners.
At City Point, Virginia, President Abraham Lincoln sent a wire to Grant stating: “Gen. Sheridan says ‘If the thing is pressed I think that Lee will surrender.’ Let the thing be pressed.”
Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet were in Danville, Virginia, attempting to do what they could, though their efforts had little effect.
Commander William Henry Alexander Macomb reports to Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter on developments in North Carolina near the Virginia border: "We arrived here [Winton] from Murfreesboro last night without accident. The army force has returned and we are going back to Suffolk. They found Weldon too strong for them, but succeeded in cutting the Seaboard Railroad near Seaboard for about a mile. I shall lie here some time longer in order to be ready for any more troops that may wish to cross."
Federal troops scout from near Blakely toward Stockton, Alabama, in the Mobile Campaign.
Skirmishing breaks out at Pike's Ferry, on the Catawba River, Alabama, as Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederates and Brigadier General James H. Wilson's Federals continue to spar with their cavalry commands.
Brigadier General George D. Wagner, USA, is assigned to the command of the Saint Louis, Missouri, District.
Union Lieutenant General Hiram U. Grant, in an effort to end the conflict in Virginia and avoid further bloodshed, sends a message to Confederate General Robert E. Lee asking for the surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia.
The Confederate Army, meanwhile, receives more punishment even though the much smaller force repulses the Federals in an engagement near Farmville, Virginia, and crosses the Appomattox River to continue their retreat on the north side. Although the Confederates attempted to burn the bridges behind them, Federal troop movements blocked Lee at Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House, squeezing Lee between Union forces on the east and west flanks.
Second account: Union Lieutenant General Hiram U. Grant confers with Confederate General Robert E. Lee through messages about the potential surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee, near Appomattox Court House, Virginia, as the starving and worn remnants of Lee's Southern Army cross the Appomattox River and receive much needed rations at Farmville, while the Union forces continue to surround them.
Another report: The Battle at Farmville, Virginia, erupts as the Union forces continue to press General Robert E. Lee's beleaguered troops during the Appomattox Campaign. Federal Major General Thomas Alfred Smyth is mortally wounded during the engagement at Farmville while riding his horse and encouraging him men on the firing line, receiving his death wound from the rifle of a Confederate sharpshooter, shot through the mouth.
Skirmishing also occurs at High Bridge, and at Prince Edward Court House, Virginia, in the Appomattox Campaign.
Union controlled Tennessee becomes the 18th state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment and inaugurates avowed abolitionist and staunch unionist William Gannaway “Parson” Brownlow as the state’s governor, who would soon become known as ‘The Terror of Tennessee’. Brownlow’s attitude on the issue of slavery evolved over the years; he had apparently supported abolition, then backed a proposal to repatriate slaves to Liberia, and later became a supporter of slavery. Brownlow’s backing for slavery seemed to become more rabid during the 1850's and he once invited prominent Northerners to debate the issue with him, a challenge which was accepted by Frederick Douglass. Brownlow indignantly refused Douglass’s offer to debate slavery due to his race. Brownlow was also violently anti-Catholic, denouncing what he referred to as “Romanism.” He assumed the same policies and attitudes held by the Radical Republicans, who dominated the Congress. They saw former Confederates as absolute traitors who deserved the harshest kind of punishment. The Republicans rejected the more forgiving policies formulated by President Abraham Lincoln, which were also basically the policies advocated by Lincoln’s successor, Andrew Johnson. The Radical Republicans were far less interested in healing the wounds of the Civil War than extracting a pound of flesh from Southerners.
At City Point, Virginia, President Abraham Lincoln sent a wire to Grant stating: “Gen. Sheridan says ‘If the thing is pressed I think that Lee will surrender.’ Let the thing be pressed.”
Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet were in Danville, Virginia, attempting to do what they could, though their efforts had little effect.
Commander William Henry Alexander Macomb reports to Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter on developments in North Carolina near the Virginia border: "We arrived here [Winton] from Murfreesboro last night without accident. The army force has returned and we are going back to Suffolk. They found Weldon too strong for them, but succeeded in cutting the Seaboard Railroad near Seaboard for about a mile. I shall lie here some time longer in order to be ready for any more troops that may wish to cross."
Federal troops scout from near Blakely toward Stockton, Alabama, in the Mobile Campaign.
Skirmishing breaks out at Pike's Ferry, on the Catawba River, Alabama, as Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederates and Brigadier General James H. Wilson's Federals continue to spar with their cavalry commands.
Brigadier General George D. Wagner, USA, is assigned to the command of the Saint Louis, Missouri, District.
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Posted on 4/6/15 at 7:39 pm to BadLeroyDawg
quote:Dude, proofread your shite
Federal Major General Thomas Alfred Smyth is mortally wounded during the engagement at Farmville while riding his horse and encouraging him men on the firing line
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