Tag Archives: Appomattox Court House National Historic Park

ECW Weekender: Touring Appomattox (Virtually)

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Yesterday, I was lamenting on Twitter that I should not go to Appomattox. It had been in the back of my mind that, if I could manage it with my work schedule, an impromptu afternoon drive there would be appropriate … Continue reading →

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Lee and Guerrilla Warfare

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

Two days before Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, a council of officers in what was left of the bedraggled Army of Northern Virginia hashed out three possible options for Robert E. Lee to consider. General John Brown Gordon, who was not … Continue reading →

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