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Tag Archives: Appomattox Campaign
Ending The War: A Union Prisoner on Lee’s Retreat
First Lieutenant Elias Brookings, Jr., 31st Maine Infantry, found himself in an unusual situation at the end of the war. His unit had been overrun during the frantic fighting around Fort Mahone on April 2, 1865. The Federals ultimately won … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged 31st Maine Infantry, Appomattox Campaign, Elias Brookings, Fort Mahone, Petersburg
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Appomattox Campaign Driving Tour Map
Blue and gray soldiers raced westward during the first week of April 1865. After spending forty-one weeks around Petersburg, Robert E. Lee hoped the Army of Northern Virginia could leave its adversaries behind. Ulysses S. Grant’s strategic and personnel decisions … Continue reading
On To Appomattox…
As the days passed and the armies slogged forward in the days after the breakthrough at Petersburg, civilian and soldier alike sensed a coming end of the Army of Northern Virginia. Through the week, Union cavalry and infantry cut off … Continue reading
Preservation News: Celebrating Saved Land At Appomattox
News from American Battlefield Trust… Dramatic scenes of the final fighting between Robert E. Lee’s and Ulysses S. Grant’s men are being preserved for posterity by the American Battlefield Trust. Working over several years, the nation’s top historic land-preservation nonprofit … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Appomattox, Appomattox Campaign, preservation news
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Question of the Week: 4/9-4/15/18
In your opinion, what was the most remarkable thing about the campaign or surrender at Appomattox?
Posted in Battles, Question of the Week
Tagged Appomattox, Appomattox Campaign, Surrender
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Help Protect More Ground at Appomattox
Our friends at the Civil War Trust pass along this news of an active preservation campaign to help preserve seventy-four acres of ground at Appomattox Court House. This latest announcement comes to us from Trust President Jim Lighthizer. Continue reading … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged A Stillness at Appomattox, Appomattox, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Battle of Appomattox Station, battlefield preservation, Civil War Trust, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Preservation, Robert E. Lee, Surrender, Ulysse S. Grant
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A Mother At Petersburg
The Confederate lines around Petersburg, Virginia, broke in the first days of April 1865. As Lee’s army headed west into the Appomattox Campaign, Union troops occupied the small city that had been the heart and namesake of a nine month … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Holidays, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Appomattox Campaign, Civil War Era Mothers, fanny gordon, frances gordon, general gordon, John B. Gordon, Jubal A. Early, Mothers, Mothers Day, mrs. gordon, Petersburg, sentry, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Surrender, Ulysses S. Grant
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Noah Trudeau Explains Lincoln’s Greatest Journey
Recently I chatted with award-winning author Noah Andre Trudeau, who has written several well-regarded books on the Civil War in 1864 and 1865. We discussed his next book, Lincoln’s Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days That Changed a Presidency, March 24 – … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Book Review, Books & Authors, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Personalities, Reconstruction, Sieges, Slavery
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Appomattox Campaign, Breakthrough at Petersburg, City Point, David Dixon Porter, Fall of Petersburg, Fall of Richmond, General William T. Sherman, Grant, Julia Grant, Lincoln in Richmond, Mary Todd Lincoln, Noah Andre Trudeau, Savas Beatie
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War’s End: Remembering a Cavalry Captain
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Sarah Kay Bierle Your brother, Captain Hugh McGuire is wounded. The message branded itself into Dr. Hunter McGuire’s mind while dread twisted like a tourniquet around his heart. The situation he had … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities
Tagged 11th Virginia Cavalry, Amelia Springs, Appomattox Campaign, Battle of the Wilderness, Brandy Station, Bristoe Station, Chancellorsville, Dr. Hunter McGuire, Fairfield, Gettysburg, Henry Kyd Douglas, Hugh McGuire, Jetersville, Laurel Brigade, Overland Campaign, Siege of Petersburg, Stonewall Jackson, Winchester
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ECW Weekender – Farmville, Virginia
Southside Virginia still maintains most of its historic scenery of the 19th century. Small towns and windy roads abound. In the area between Petersburg and Lynchburg “Virginia’s southside,” Lee and Grant’s armies left marks that still resonate today. Any visit … Continue reading
