FREEDOM TRIUMPHANT

THE FOURTH PERIOD

OF

THE WAR OF THE REBELLION

FROM SEPTEMBER, 1864, TO ITS CLOSE

BY

CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN

AUTHOR OF "THE BOYS OF '76" "THE STORY OF LIBERTY" OLD TIMES IN THE COLONIES"
"BUILDING THE NATION" "DRUM-BEAT OF THE NATION" "MARCHING

TO VICTORY" "REDEEMING THE REPUBLIC" &c.

Illustrated

DEPART OF EDUCATION

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

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Copyright, 1890, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

Dedicated

ΤΟ

EDMUND CARLETON, M.D.

SKILFUL PHYSICIAN, BELOVED NEPHEW, FLEET AND FEARLESS COURIER, MY MESSENGER FROM THE BATTLE-FIELDS TO AN EXPECTANT AND

WAITING PUBLIC DURING THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN

OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, 1864