The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 5

MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERIDAN, Vol. II., Part 5
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Title: The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Vol. II., Part 5 Author: P. H. Sheridan Release Date: June 7, 2004 [EBook #5858] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERIDAN ***
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Volume II.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER VI. Battle of Dinwiddie Court House—Pickett Repulsed —Reinforced by the Fifth Corps—Battle of Five Forks—Turning the Confederate Left—An Unqualified Success—Relieving General Warren—The Warren Court of Inquiry—General Sherman's Opinion CHAPTER VII. Result of the Battle of Five Forks—Retreat of Lee —An Intercepted Despatch—At Amelia Court House —Battle of Sailor's Creek—The Confederates' Stubborn Resistance—A Complete Victory —Importance of the Battle CHAPTER VIII. Lincoln's Laconic Despatch—Capturing Lee's Supplies —Delighted Engineers—The Confederates' Last Effort—A Flag of Truce—General Geary's "Last Ditch" Absurdity—Meeting of Grant and Lee —The Surrender—Estimate of General Grant CHAPTER IX. Ordered to ...