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

Garraty, John Arthur, The American Nation: A History of the United

the United States of America is now a much stronger nation.

soldier later remarked: "It was my fortune to witness several charges

At daybreak the Confederate battle line was formed to the west of

and the troops rushed there in anticipation. What they found when

Civil War, Vol 4. New York: The Century Co., 1887).

Beauregard. He was scraping together an army with every resource he

states to 1877, Vol. 1, Eighth Edition. New

the Commissary Department of the Confederacy to store food in Amelia

combined forces of Schofield and Sherman, let alone Sherman. Sherman's

already assessed the situation and informed President Davis that

Federals so he had to move his nearly starving troops out immediately

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