Tag Archives: Appomattox Court House

Indian Aid: Ely Parker and the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Kevin Pawlak

Four months before giving birth to her son Ely, expecting mother Elizabeth Johnson Parker (Gaontguttwus to the Tonawanda Seneca tribe) awoke one night after experiencing a dream. Her mind’s vision showed a rainbow broken in two. The bottom of one … Continue reading →

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Help Protect More Ground at Appomattox

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

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 →

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A Chance at Redemption: George Custer and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Daniel Davis

On October 19, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan defeated Lt. Gen. Jubal Early at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The engagement culminated a campaign which began two months earlier in and solidified President Abraham Lincoln’s chances … Continue reading →

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Appomattox and Bennett Place: A Remarkable Contrast

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Eric J. Wittenberg

I had the honor and privilege of attending and participating in a portion of the weeklong commemoration sof the surrenders at Bennett Place on April 18, 2015, the 150th anniversary of the signing of the initial peace treaty by Maj. … Continue reading →

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Events Larger Than One Person: The Surrenders at Bennett Place, Durham, North Carolina

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Eric J. Wittenberg

Conclusion. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, ever the good soldier, obeyed Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s order. He informed his adversary, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, that the civil authorities in Washington, D. C. had rejected their treaty on the grounds … Continue reading →

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Booth’s Escape Route

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

By ECW Correspondent Pat Tintle. Spring was in the air in Washington D.C., but the time of rebirth would soon be tarnished by a nation-wide state of mourning. It was April 14, 1865. The war of the rebellion was winding … Continue reading →

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Events Larger Than One Person: The Surrenders at Bennett Place, Durham, North Carolina

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Eric J. Wittenberg

Part One. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston learned of the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia in Wilmer McLean’s parlor in the hamlet of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 several days later. Lee had … Continue reading →

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Where Was George Gordon Meade?

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Daniel Davis

A Google search of the many sketches and paintings that have become the iconic, popular images of Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House may unveil a startling revelation. The commander of the Army of the Potomac, the principle … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Appomattox (part four)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

The doors of Wilmer McLean’s house stand wide open–front and back–and a bevy of Parks Service volunteers stand ready to funnel the throng through. A Park Service ranger stands in the hallway to ensure no one enacts any mischief in the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Appomattox (part three)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

One of the dearly held tenets of the Lost Cause is that Southerners didn’t lose because they were outfought. Rather, Ulysses S. Grant only won because he had more soldiers and so overwhelmed the Confederates. Isn’t that the point?

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