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64 LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS hasten the disbanding of the armies, stop purchases of supplies, and save expense to the government. He did not stop to visit Richmond. President Lin coln was assassinated on the 14th, and Grant would probably have shared the same fate but for his hav ing left Washington that day. On April 18, Sher man received the surrender of Johnston s army, but on terms that the government did not approve, and Grant was sent to North Carolina to conduct further negotiations. On the 26th Johnston sur rendered to Sherman on terms similar to those given to Lee, and 31,243 men were paroled. Grant remained at Raleigh and avoided being present at the interview, leaving to Sherman the full credit of the capture. Canby s force appeared before Mo bile on March 27, the principal defensive works were captured on April 9, and Mobile was evacu ated on the llth, when 200 guns and 4,000 pris oners were captured, but about 9,000 of the gar rison escaped. Wilson s cavalry command cap tured Selma, Ala., on April 2, and Tuscaloosa on the 4th, occupied Montgomery on the 14th, and took West Point and Columbus, Ga., on the 16th. Macon surrendered on the 21st. Kirby Smith sur rendered his command, west of the Mississippi, on the 26th. There was then not an armed enemy left in the country, and the rebellion was ended. Grant established his headquarters in Washing ton. He was greeted with ovations wherever he