Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of ...
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is located in South Central Virginia. The park interprets the final events of the Civil War. In early April 1865, Confederate General Robert E.
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought ...
Surrender is one of the most essential rules in international humanitarian law. Don't expect it any time soon in the Middle ...
This episode illustrates the importance of discussing the social dimension of the war in the context of the military dimension. Working backwards from the known outcomes at Appomattox and Durham ...
If you decide to travel further afield to Appomattox, you'll find an "The End of the War & Its Legacies," which delves into the start of reunification following the war. You can visit Tredegar and ...