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of Maryland . . . . . . 133 XVIII.--The
Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg . . . . 141 XIX.--Lee Against Burnside
and Hooker . . . . . . 148 XX.--In the Hour of Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . 163
XXI.--Grant at Vicksburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 XXII.--The Battle of
Gettysburg . . . . . . . . . . 180 XXIII.--In the Face of Disaster . . . . . . . . . .
193 XXIV.--The Rescue of Two Armies . . . . . . . . . . 201

XXV.--Lieutenant-General Grant . . . . . . . . . . 213 XXVI.--A Duel to
the Death . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 XXVII.--Check and
Countercheck . . . . . . . . . . . 238 XXVIII.--The Beginning of the
End . . . . . . . . . . 248 XXIX.--At Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
XXX.--The Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 XXXI.--Lee's Years of
Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 XXXII.--The Head of the Nation . . . . . . . . . . .
294

List of Illustrations

Illustrations in Color
Grant running the gauntlet of the Mexicans at Monterey in riding to the
relief of his comrades . . Frontispiece September 23, 1846.
Lee with Mrs. Lewis (Nellie Custis) applying to General Andrew
Jackson to aid in securing his cadetship at West
Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1825.
Grant on his horse, "York," making exhibition jump in the Riding
Academy at West Point . . . . . . . . . . 32 June, 1843.
Lee sending the Rockbridge battery into action for the second time at
Antietam or Sharpsburg . . . . . . . 144 September 17, 1862.
Lee rallying his troops at the Battle of the
Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 May 6, 1864.
Grant at the entrenchments before Petersburg . . . . . 260 March, 1865.
Illustrations in the Text
Signature of Grant on reporting at West Point . . . . 25 (From the
original records of the U. S. Military Academy.)
First signature of Grant as U. S. Grant . . . . . . . 27 (From the original
records of the U.S. Military Academy.)
Grant's letter demanding unconditional surrender of forces at Fort
Donnelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Diagram map (not drawn to scale) showing strategy of the opening of
the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1 and 2,
1863 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Diagram map (not drawn to scale) showing Grant's series of
movements by the left flank from the Wilderness to
Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Facsimile of telegraphic message drafted by Lieutenant- General Grant,

announcing Lee's surrender, May 9, 1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
275
Lee's letter of August 3, 1866, acknowledging receipt of the extension
of his furlough . . . . . . . . . . . 283


Chapter I

Three Civil Wars
England was an uncomfortable place to live in during the reign of
Charles the First. Almost from the moment that that ill-fated monarch
ascended the throne he began quarreling with Parliament; and when he
decided to dismiss its members and make himself the supreme ruler of
the land, he practically forced his subjects into a revolution. Twelve
feverish years followed--years of discontent, indignation and
passion--which arrayed the Cavaliers, who supported the King, against
the Roundheads, who upheld Parliament, and finally flung them at each
other's throats to drench the soil of England with their blood.
Meanwhile, the gathering storm of civil war caused many a resident of
the British Isles to seek peace and security across the seas, and among
those who turned toward America were Mathew Grant and Richard Lee.
It is not probable that either of these men had ever heard of