Confederate Surrender and Lincoln's Assassination
Panelists talked about the Civil War surrenders of the Confederate armies, reasons for the Union victory, and how President Lincoln and his…
Rethinking Appomattox Elizabeth Varon talked about her book, Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War. In her book, she discusses the… read more
Rethinking Appomattox Elizabeth Varon talked about her book, Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War. In her book, she discusses the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9th, 1865, and details what she contends are the two generals' differing interpretations of the surrender terms. Ms. Varon argued that the popular understanding of the surrender as a grand moment of reconciliation conceals the true ideological struggle over the war’s causes and meaning close
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