Battle of Cold Harbor—Grant Again Repulsed—Death of Flournoy—Grant Crossing the James—Prison Life at Point Lookout—Parole of the Sick From the Hospitals—The Dreary Winter—Its Bright Side—How the Soldiers and the Citizens Spent It—Mosby's Men—The Long Siege—Battle of the Crater.
[ CHAPTER X.]
From Petersburg to Appomattox.
Evacuation of Richmond—Retreat of Lee's Army Towards Appomattox—Lee's Surrender—After the Surrender—Some War Stories—The Faithful Slave.
[ CHAPTER XI.]
The Horses of Lee's Army.
Their Number—Losses—Rover's Tricks—A Mighty Jaw—Her Capture—Horses in Battle—Friendship Between Horse and Rider—Wagon Horses—Artillery Horses—Cavalry Horses—Men Sleep on Their Horses—Horses for Breastwork—Seventy-five Thousand Black Beauties—Monument for Lee's Horses—A Pathetic Poem.
GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON,
Who preceded Gen. Robert E. Lee in command of the Army of Northern Virginia