Surrender at Appomattox 150th Anniversary
American History TV was LIVE from Appomattox Court House National Historical Park for a ceremony marking the exact time on April 9, 1865, that Generals Grant and Lee met at the McLean House …
6,873 viewsAmerican History TV was LIVE from Appomattox Court House National Historical Park for a ceremony marking the exact time on April 9, 1865, that Generals Grant and Lee met at the McLean House …
6,873 viewsDavid Blight talked about the legacies of Appomattox during keynote remarks at a 150th anniversary commemoration of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House in…
1,189 viewsRobert Dunkerly talked about forgotten surrenders of the Civil War. “The Forgotten Surrenders: Alabama, the Trans-Mississippi, and Indian Territory” was a session of the 16th annual Longw…
1,195 viewsHistorian Mark Bradley talked about the end of the U.S. Civil War and the closing operations that took place in North Carolina. “Fort Fisher to the Bennett Place: Closing Operations in No…
1,282 viewsChris Calkins talked about the military maneuvers of the Union and Confederate armies that brought them to Appomattox following the fall of Petersburg and Richmond. “The Appomattox Campai…
968 viewsHistorian John Hennessy talked about the legacies of the U.S. Civil War. “Freedom, the Civil War and its Legacies” was a session of the 16th annual Longwood University Civil War Seminar. …
1,658 viewsProfessor Elizabeth Varon talked about the legacy of the Appomattox Campaign and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender. “Legacies of Appomattox: Lee’s Surrender in History and Me…
1,186 viewsRon Wilson talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. “Surrender at Appomattox” was a session of the 16th annual Longwo…
1,610 viewsPatrick Schroeder talked about the April 1865 battles of the Appomattox Campaign during the U.S. Civil War. “The Battles of Appomattox: Final Fury and the Last to Die” was a session of t…
1,176 viewsChris Calkins spoke about the Battles of Sailor’s Creek, which took place in April 1865 near Farmville, Virginia. “Black Thursday: The Battles of Sailor’s Creek, April 6, 1865” was a sess…
1,288 viewsMichael Gorman talked about Richmond, Virginia, in 1865 and what historians could learn from photographs from the period. “Photo Forensics: Richmond, 1865” was a session of the 16th annua…
1,342 viewsTracy Chernault talked about the long standoff between the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant in the entrenchments outside of Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864 and the final b…
1,023 viewsPatrick Schroeder provided introductory remarks at the third day of Longwood University’s 2015 Civil War Seminar. The day’s speakers talked about forgotten surrenders during the Civil War, …
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