The “Grand Armies of the Republic” stage a triumphant review through Washington to celebrate the Federal victory and end of the war.
Tag: Ulysses S. Grant
Johnston Surrenders to Sherman a Second Time
Joseph E. Johnston considers dispersing his Confederate army and waging guerrilla warfare, but he ultimately decides to surrender just as Robert E. Lee had done at Appomattox.
Hostilities Set to Resume in North Carolina
Ulysses S. Grant arrives at the headquarters of William T. Sherman to inform him that President Andrew Johnson rejected his peace treaty with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.
The Result was a Disapproval
The peace agreement between William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston arrives in Washington, and it quickly becomes apparent that administration officials will not endorse such a magnanimous and sweeping document.
The Lincoln Funeral
Funeral services for Abraham Lincoln take place at the White House. The coffin is then taken on a procession through the North on its way to the final destination at Springfield, Illinois.
Johnston Surrenders to Sherman
Both Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman exceed their authority by agreeing in principle to a peace between not only their own armies but all other armies still in the field.