Thirty-Six Hours Before Appomattox, April 6 and 7, 1865

Unpaginated. Includes black-and-white illustrations, photographs, and maps. Contents include: Chapter I: The Battle of Little Sailor's (Sayler's) Creek, April 6, 1865; Lee's Withdrawal Signals "Lost Cause"; Fight at Hillsman's Farm; Union Army Begins Attack; Sam Eddy Saves Adjutant Bradley; Confusion Adds to Uncertainty; Battle at the Cross Roads; Divided "Reb" Army Trapped by Pinchers; The Battle-Over Soldiers Recount Stories of Humor-Pathos; Furl that Banner; Black-and-white photos of Federal and Confederate Officers and their post-war careers. Chapter II: Gordon vs. Humphrey; Confederates on the Jamestown Road. Chapter III: Battle of High Bridge; Retreat through Farmville; Battle of Cumberland Church. Footnotes, Bibliographies, Itineraries, Fighting Units, Estimates of Those Actually Engaged and Their Respective Losses, Partial Lists of Casualties, and Medal of Honor Recipients follow text.