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End of the War Reflections and Homeward March
A veteran recalls the surrender in 1865, marching home from Virginia to Danville Greensboro and Charlottesville, witnessing Beauregard and Davis, looting, paroled camps, and the return to Augusta and Mobile. He describes wartime scenes, prize money rumors, and the emotional homecoming to a waiting mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wien Tien
Jubal A
Lee
Rien Yoeur Hern
Gabriel
le Universal
Virginia
Malvern Hill
Appomattox
Danville
Greensboro
N.C
Johnson
Gen. Beauregard
Beauresgard
Jefferson Davis
Joseph E. Johnston
Mr. Davis
Charlottesville
Mosby
Lincoln
North Carolina
Abbeyville
South Carolina
Maramaduke
General Breckenridge
Athanta
Richmond
Mobile
Atlanta
Montgomery
New Orleans
Shell Road
Seat of War
Lisve Consoltier
Grand Army of the Potomac
New York Sun