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Excerpt from Our Country, Vol. 5 of 6: A Household History of the United States for All Readers, From the Discovery of America to the Present Time
A Desperate Struggle, p. 1679 - Battle at the Five Forks, 1679 - Assault on Petersburg, 1680 Panic in Richmond, 1680 - Flight of the Confederate Government, 1681 - Richmond on Fire, 1681 - National Tr00ps Enter it, 1681 - Trophies and Confederate Archives, r681 - Rejoicings, 1681 - Seward's Speech, 1682 - Evacuation of Petersburg, 1682 - Lee becomes Despondent, is Defeated, and Surrenders at Appomattox court-house, 1683 - Lee's Farewell Address, 1685 Uncoin in Richmond, 1686 - Proclamation of Peace, 1686 - Assassination of the President, 1686 - The Assassin's Fate, 1687 - johnson President, 1687 - A Murderous Plot, 1687 - Proposal by the Confederate Leader Rejected by General Johnston, 1688 - Surrender of General Johnston and others. 1688 - Capture of Jefferson Davis, rose - Leniency toward Him, 1689.
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