Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States
CHAPTER XXIII.
TIGHTENING THE LINES.
Speech at a Serenade--Reply to a Presentation Address--Peace Rumors--Rebel Commissioners--Instructions to Secretary Seward--The Conference in Hampton Roads--Result--Extra Session of the Senate--Military Situation--Sherman-- Charleston--Columbia--Wilmington--Fort Fisher--Sheridan-- Grant--Rebel Congress--Second Inauguration--Inaugural-- English Comment--Proclamation to Deserters 350