Note 81 — Chapter XIII · THE FALL OF RICHMOND, AND THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN
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Grant, Memoirs, ii. 459. This differs from the statement of N. and H. x. 216, that "amid the wildest enthusiasm, the President again reviewed the victorious regiments of Grant, marching through Petersburg in pursuit of Lee." Either picture is good; perhaps that of the silent, deserted city is not the less effective.