the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic

proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in

battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human

life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on

the battlefield in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference

will be made to the leading men behind the Union and Confederate

The war was beginning to end by January of 1865. By then,

Federal (Federal was another name given to the Union Army) armies were

spread throughout the Confederacy and the Confederate Army had shrunk

extremely in size. In the year before, the North had lost an enormous

amount of lives, but had more than enough to lose in comparison to the

South. General Grant became known as the "Butcher" (Grant, Ulysses

S., Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, New York: Charles L. Webster &

Co.,1894) and many wanted to see him removed. But Lincoln stood firm

with his General, and the war continued. This paper will follow the

happenings and events between the winter of 1864-65 and the surrender

he did so. No one can be sure what Lincoln was thinking as he sat in

cannot be calculated. The Union dead numbered 360,222 and only

(McCarthy, Carlton, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of

boat with his son, Tad, and was led ashore by no more than 12 armed

The slaves were attaching themselves to the Union columns and by the

already assessed the situation and informed President Davis that

110,000 of them died in battle. Confederate dead were estimated at

could lay his hands on, but at best would only be able to muster about

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