Appomattox: Where America's Civil War Neared Its End
Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...
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Complete Guide to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
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.
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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
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Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War
Historian Vorenberg (Final Freedom) reflects on when and where the Civil War really ended in this intricate account. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in April 1865 is Continue reading ...
MORE TO THE STORY: Ex-Confederates fight last battle in Minnesota
The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of ...
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The American Civil War Museum
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 ...
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Warhol’s Muses: The Artists, Misfits, and Superstars Destroyed by the Factory Fame Machine
In this captivating group portrait, biographer Leamer (Capote’s Women) spotlights the “artistic muses who helped turn a ...
The Civil War is raging – 158 years later
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 ...
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Why the Confederacy Lost
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 ...