This Tuesday marked the 159th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox — the beginning of the end of a bitter and bloody civil war. From the modern American ...
In 1930, Congress authorized a monument to mark the surrender site. It was never built but the park service suggested rebuilding the village. The project got under way in 1935 as a national monument ...
Surrender documents to return to Appomattox Court House Robert E. Lee’s copy of the surrender terms is among several artifacts that will be on public display for the first time during the ...
When Gen. Robert E. Lee left Appomattox in April 1865 after surrendering to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, his copy of the terms of surrender left with him.
Thursday, April 9, marks the 150th anniversary of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. In recognition of this historic event that symbolized the end of the Civil War, take a ...
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LYNCHBURG The federal commander in blue gave his troops a stern warning as they watched about 100 Confederate soldiers march toward them. "I want your eyes front. I don't want you looking right or ...
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