Thirty-Six Hours Before Appomattox, April 6 and 7, 1865

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Unpaginated. Includes black-and-white illustrations, photographs, and maps. Contents include: Chapter I: The Battle of Little Sailor's (Sayler's) Creek, April 6, 1865; Lee's Withdr awal Signals "Lost Cause"; Fight at Hillsman's Farm; Union Army Begins Attack; Sam Eddy Saves Adjutant Bradley; Confusion Adds to Uncertainty; Battle at the Cross Roads; Divided "Reb" Army Trapped by Pinchers; The Battle-Over Soldiers Recount Stories of Humor-Pathos; Furl that Banner; Black-and-white photos of Federal and Confederate Officers and their post-war careers. Chapter II: Gordon vs. Humphrey; Confederates on the Jamestown Road. Chapter III: Battle of High Bridge; Retreat through Farmville; Battle of Cumberland Church. Footnotes, Bibliographies, Itineraries, Fighting Units, Estimates of Those Actually Engaged and Their Respective Losses, Partial Lists of Casualties, and Medal of Honor Recipients follow text. Show more