THE MILITARY SITUATION.
The war must be considered to all intents and purposes at an end. The resources of the South are exhausted, and the surrender of General Lee has been <at intervals tollo wed, under various circumstances, by the surrender of nearly the whole of the Confederate generals. One incident deserves to be specially recorded. Sherman had entered into an armistice with Johnstone, and offered him more liberal terms than had been given, to Lee. The government disapproved of theannistice, and ordered General Grant .to cause it to be annulled and hostilities resumed. General Sherman -met the lieutenantgeneral 20 miles from the front, where a surrender was arranged upon the basis of the terms given to General LjSj^ ; The force actually surrendered 27,000 men, and included Genlral^Bßauregard, Hardy and Breckenridge, together with the North and South Carolina aad Gulf States Militia.
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Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 68, 27 July 1865, Page 7
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THE MILITARY SITUATION.
Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 68, 27 July 1865, Page 7
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