Part 5

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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 Greensboro', N. C.—March to the Dan River—Assigned to the

Command West of the Mississippi—Leaving Washington—Flight of General

Early—Maximilian—Making Demonstrations on the Upper Rio

Grande—Confederates Join Maximilian—The French Invasion of Mexico, and

its Relations to the Rebellion—Assisting the Liberals—Restoration of

the Republic

CHAPTER X.

A. J. Hamilton Appointed Provisional Governor of Texas—Assembles a

Constitutional Convention —The Texans

Dissatisfied—Lawlessness—Oppressive

Legislation—Ex-Confederates—Controlling Louisiana—A Constitutional

Convention—The Meeting Suppressed—A Bloody Riot—My Reports of the

Massacre—Portions Suppressed by President Johnson—Sustained by a

Congressional Committee —The Reconstruction Laws

CHAPTER XI.

Passage of the Reconstruction Act Over the President's Veto—Placed in

Command of the Fifth Military District—Removing Officers—My Reasons for

Such Action—Affairs in Louisiana and Texas —Removal of Governor

Wells—Revision of the jury Lists—Relieved from the Command of the Fifth

Military District

ILLUSTRATIONS

Belle-Grove House. General Sheridan's Headquarters at Cedar Creek

Portrait of General Horatio G. Wright

LIST OF MAPS

Battle-field of Dinwiddie Court House

Battle-field of Five Forks

Battle-field of Sailor's Creek

Seventh Expedition—The Appomattox Campaign

Eighth Expedition—To the Dan River and Return

Volume II.

Part 5

By Philip Henry Sheridan