Fighting commenced early. 24 and 15 Corps up. Infantry
coming up double quick. Rebs attacked. Drove cavalry back. Infantry turned the tide.
Grant summoned Lee to surrender. Lee asks for terms. Grant orders Sheridan to
press him. Whole thing moves up, Custer in advance. White flag meets him.
Silence reigns. The whole cavalry cheer. A rebel cavalry force attack. Easily
repulse it. Whole reb army before us. Glorious day. Surrender.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman
Harris Tenney, p. 156
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