4-Mercy at Appomat III. Sentence Paraphrase 1 On April 2nd, his railroad lifeline cut by the North, Lee retreated.(4) More examples absolute construction with his railroad lifeline cut off by the Northern army At that time, military transportation largely depended on the railroads, and one reason why the South was defeated was its far inferior railroad network as compared with that of the north go to 2 W BTL E To be continued on the next page.W B T L E III. Sentence Paraphrase 1 On April 2nd, his railroad lifeline cut by the North, Lee retreated. (4) At that time, military transportation largely depended on the railroads, and one reason why the South was defeated was its far inferior railroad network as compared with that of the North. absolute construction More examples go to 2 with his railroad lifeline cut off by the Northern army Lesson 14 – Mercy at Appomattox To be continued on the next page