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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), chapter 11 (search)
except for the annoyance of Wheeler's cavalry, had been but slightly impeded by the Confederates. But Surrender of Johnston. The Eighth Minnesota Regiment, which had joined Sherman on his second march, was with him when Johnston's surrender wrote Finis to the last chapter of the war, April 27, 1865. In Bennett's little farmhouse, near Durham's Station, N. C., were begun the negotiations between Johnston and Sherman which finally led to that event. The two generals met there on April 17th; it was a highly dramatic moment, for Sherman had in his pocket the cipher message just received telling of the assassination of Lincoln. Color-guard of the eighth Minnesota--with Sherman when Johnston surrendered The end of the march — Bennett's farmhouse henceforth this was changed. General Joseph E. Johnston, his old foe of Resaca and Kenesaw Mountain, had been recalled and was now in command of the troops in the Carolinas. No longer would the streams and the swamps furnish th
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Sherman's final campaigns (search)
except for the annoyance of Wheeler's cavalry, had been but slightly impeded by the Confederates. But Surrender of Johnston. The Eighth Minnesota Regiment, which had joined Sherman on his second march, was with him when Johnston's surrender wrote Finis to the last chapter of the war, April 27, 1865. In Bennett's little farmhouse, near Durham's Station, N. C., were begun the negotiations between Johnston and Sherman which finally led to that event. The two generals met there on April 17th; it was a highly dramatic moment, for Sherman had in his pocket the cipher message just received telling of the assassination of Lincoln. Color-guard of the eighth Minnesota--with Sherman when Johnston surrendered The end of the march — Bennett's farmhouse henceforth this was changed. General Joseph E. Johnston, his old foe of Resaca and Kenesaw Mountain, had been recalled and was now in command of the troops in the Carolinas. No longer would the streams and the swamps furnish th