The Civil War
Rethinking Appomattox
2014-02-15T18:00:16-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/672/20140215180222003_hd.jpgElizabeth 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
Elizabeth Varon talked about her book, Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War. In her book, she discusses the…
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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
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
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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