Raleigh,
April 18, 1865.
Sherman has
gone out again to see Johnston. Johnston asked for another day in order to see
Davis and get his permission to surrender the whole force in arms this side of
the Mississippi. I was through the town to-day. Some very fine residences and
asylums, but the town is no larger than Canton, and not as pretty except in
shrubbery and shade trees.
I visited the
Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylums and the superintendent put a class in each
through some exercises. It was very interesting. A Herald of
the 10th gives us the particulars of Lee's surrender. Grant is the hero of the
war. The papers all talk about Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, nothing said about
Thomas. This whole army thinks that Thomas is slighted by the North. We have as
much confidence in him as in Grant or Sherman, and then he never writes any
letters or accepts valuable presents, or figures in any way for citizen
approbation, or that of his army. The only objection that I ever heard against
him is the size of his headquarters or "Thomasville" as it is called
by the army. That comes from his West-Pointism.
SOURCE:
Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, p. 372
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