CHAPTER LIII.  HANCOCK’S ASSAULT—­LOSSES OF THE CONFEDERATES—­PROMOTIONS
RECOMMENDED—­DISCOMFITURE OF THE ENEMY—­EWELL’S ATTACK—­REDUCING THE
ARTILLERY.

CHAPTER LIV.  MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK—­BATTLE OF NORTH ANNA—­AN
INCIDENT OF THE MARCH—­MOVING ON RICHMOND—­SOUTH OF THE PAMUNKEY
—­POSITION OF THE NATIONAL ARMY.

CHAPTER LV.  ADVANCE ON COLD HARBOR—­AN ANECDOTE OF THE WAR—­BATTLE OF
COLD HARBOR—­CORRESPONDENCE WITH LEE RETROSPECTIVE.

CHAPTER LVI.  LEFT FLANK MOVEMENT ACROSS THE CHICKAHOMINY AND JAMES
—­GENERAL LEE—­VISIT TO BUTLER—­THE MOVEMENT ON PETERSBURG
—­THE INVESTMENT OF PETERSBURG.

CHAPTER LVII.  RAID ON THE VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD—­RAID ON THE WELDON
RAILROAD—­EARLY’S MOVEMENT UPON WASHINGTON—­MINING THE WORKS BEFORE
PETERSBURG—­EXPLOSION OF THE MINE BEFORE PETERSBURG—­CAMPAIGN IN THE
SHENANDOAH VALLEY—­CAPTURE OF THE WELDON RAILROAD.

CHAPTER LVIII.  SHERIDAN’S ADVANCE—­VISIT TO SHERIDAN—­SHERIDAN’S VICTORY
IN THE SHENANDOAH—­SHERIDAN’S RIDE TO WINCHESTER—­CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN
FOR THE WINTER.

CHAPTER LIX.  THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA—­SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA—­WAR
ANECDOTES—­THE MARCH ON SAVANNAH—­INVESTMENT OF SAVANNAH—­CAPTURE OF
SAVANNAH.

CHAPTER LX.  THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN—­THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE

CHAPTER LXI.  EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT FISHER—­ATTACK ON THE FORT—­FAILURE
OF THE EXPEDITION—­SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST THE FORT—­CAPTURE OF FORT
FISHER.

CHAPTER LXII.  SHERMAN’S MARCH NORTH—­SHERIDAN ORDERED TO LYNCHBURG
—­CANBY ORDERED TO MOVE AGAINST MOBILE—­MOVEMENTS OF SCHOFIELD AND THOMAS
—­CAPTURE OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA—­SHERMAN IN THE CAROLINAS.

CHAPTER LXIII.  ARRIVAL OF THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS—­LINCOLN AND THE PEACE
COMMISSIONERS—­AN ANECDOTE OF LINCOLN—­THE WINTER BEFORE PETERSBURG
—­SHERIDAN DESTROYS THE RAILROAD—­GORDON CARRIES THE PICKET LINE—­PARKE
RECAPTURES THE LINE—­THE BATTLE OF WHITE OAK ROAD.

CHAPTER LXIV.  INTERVIEW WITH SHERIDAN—­GRAND MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE
POTOMAC—­SHERIDAN’S ADVANCE ON FIVE FORKS—­BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS—­PARKE
AND WRIGHT STORM THE ENEMY’S LINE—­BATTLES BEFORE PETERSBURG.

CHAPTER LXV.  THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURG—­MEETING PRESIDENT LINCOLN IN
PETERSBURG—­THE CAPTURE OF RICHMOND—­PURSUING THE ENEMY—­VISIT TO
SHERIDAN AND MEADE.

CHAPTER LXVI.  BATTLE OF SAILOR’S CREEK—­ENGAGEMENT AT FARMVILLE
—­CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL LEE—­SHERIDAN INTERCEPTS THE ENEMY.

CHAPTER LXVII.  NEGOTIATIONS AT APPOMATTOX—­INTERVIEW WITH LEE AT
MCLEAN’S HOUSE—­THE TERMS OF SURRENDER—­LEE’S SURRENDER—­INTERVIEW WITH
LEE AFTER THE SURRENDER.

CHAPTER LXVIII.  MORALE OF THE TWO ARMIES—­RELATIVE CONDITIONS OF THE
NORTH AND SOUTH—­PRESIDENT LINCOLN VISITS RICHMOND—­ARRIVAL AT
WASHINGTON—­PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION—­PRESIDENT JOHNSON’S
POLICY.