Forty-Six Years in the Army

Chapter 18

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--Sherman's Plan of Marching to the Rear of Lee--The Surrender of J. E. Johnston's Army--Authorship of the Approved Terms of Surrender --Political Reconstruction--Sherman's Genius--Contrast Between Grant and Sherman--Halleck's Characteristics--His Attempt to Supplant Grant--Personal Feeling in Battle--The Scars of War.