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Appomattox : victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the Civil War / Elizabeth R. Varon

"Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House evokes a highly gratifying image in the popular mind-it was, many believe, a moment that transcended politics, a moment of healing, a moment of ...
The Hoya

Remembering the Civil War

While the 150th anniversary of General Robert Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse passed this April with little fanfare, the United States has been repeatedly and brutally reminded that our past ...
PBS

Biography: John Newman Edwards

An ex-soldier, alcoholic, and newspaper editor, John Newman Edwards spent the years after Confederate general Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse searching for ways to venerate the ...
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The death of the Confederacy; the last week of the Army of northern Virginia as set forth in a letter of April, 1865, by Frank Potts, Captain, Confederate States Army ...

"Contains some entirely new facts regarding the details of the surrender ... at Appomattox Courthouse ... [and what happened] at General Lee's headquarters when the heart-heavy commander rode back ...