General Grant had battered Lee's little army into a corner, fighting with courageous desperation. The Army of Northern Virginia had diminishing ammunition, little food and ragged uniforms. Grant's federal forces had multiplied, while Marse Robert's little band was hurting for any replacements, at all. The use of black troops had been granted, far too late. Grant wired President Lincoln of Lee's desperate condition, and opined that he could end this thing if the matter were pressed. Lincoln urged, "Let the matter be pressed." SOUTHSIDE seeks to tell how this ''pressing'' actually affected...
General Grant had battered Lee's little army into a corner, fighting with courageous desperation. The Army of Northern Virginia had diminishing ammuni...
