on troops filtered in and fought. The Confederates retreated and in doing so thinned out, and the line finally broke.Grant utilized a facet of the army not much used before. This was the colored troops; the colored men made excellent soldiers. They picked up drills quicker than whites. Ordinary problems were non-existent. They didnt drink and they didnt desert. They didnt like to take orders from non-coms of their own color, and they didnt hate their former masters. They fought with valor under extreme odds in situations where white troops wouldnt be risked.By the summer of 1864 the Union army was discouraged again because Grant had not been able to take Richmond and there was still no end in sight, but Grant had not given up. He sent troops to battle day after day, week after week, slowly wearing down Lee and the Confederacy. The South continued to use guerilla warfare, which put Yankee soldiers in a mood to be vengeful. They began to burn and kill everything in their path leaving desolation behind them wherever they marched. By the end of 1864 the Confederacy was visibly failing in manpower, rations, and equipment. When Confederates were taken as prisoners even they said that freedom was worth more than the CSA. Lee was starting the have problems with desertions. Grant knew that the heart of Lees soldiers would continue to fight as hard as ever until the day they left.On the final day the Union soldiers were told that if they hurried this was the day they could finish everything although that inspired them, they were also promised that once they reached Appomattox Station rations would be handed out. Many of the men later admitted they did so because they figured it was the quickest way to get breakfast. After a small skirmish near Appomattox Station Lee decided to surrender his army right before the Union carried out their attack.The Union generals knew the numerical and technical superiority of the North was simply to...
