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Tag Archives: Appomattox
Appomattox Revisited in the Washington Territory
ECW welcomes back guest author Richard Heisler The day after General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia; a second meeting was held to finalize the details of the surrender. Known as the Commissioner’s meeting, … Continue reading
Book Review: Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox
Caroline Janney is a rising star in the literature of Confederate war-memory. At UVA she wrote her dissertation, “The Ladies Memorial Associations of Virginia” under Gary Gallagher. She drew from it for an essay in Peter Wallenstein and Bertram Wyatt-Brown, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged Appomattox, Book Review, Caroline Janney, Lee's Surrender, Lost Cause, Paroles
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“Do you want me to sign this thing or not?”
In the summer of 2011, I attended a writers’ retreat in the woods of central Vermont at Goddard College, where I had once upon a time earned my M.F.A. The retreat was held each year for alums of the program … Continue reading
On The Eve Of War: Appomattox, Virginia
For an ending to happen, there has to be a beginning. But sometimes the opening moments get over shadowed by the concluding act. That’s certainly what happens with the history surrounding Appomattox Court House, Virginia. It’s famous as the setting … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary
Tagged 160th Anniversary, 1861, Appomattox, Appomattox Court House, on-the-eve-of-war
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Picturing Union Victory – Early Images of the Surrender at Appomattox
Here’s a familiar story: On April 9, 1865, generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in Wilmer McLean’s parlor at Appomattox Courthouse to sign the documents that would dictate the surrender of the most important national institution in … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory
Tagged Appomattox, art, Philip H. Sheridan, Reconciliation, Robert E. Lee, Surrender, Ulysse S. Grant, Union
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ECW Weekender: Touring Appomattox (Virtually)
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
Posted in ECW Weekender
Tagged Appomattox, Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, ECW Weekender, Weekender
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Ending the War, More or Less
April 9, 1865, is the day that most people think the American Civil War came to an end. General Robert E. Lee realized his gallant Army of Northern Virginia was simply too beaten up to continue its fight for Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Andrew Johnson, Appomattox, Col. Edward Canby, CSS Shenandoah, ending-the-war, General Grant, General Joseph Johnston, General Lee, General Richard Taylor, General Sherman, Stand Watie
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Fighting Rebels and Fighting Fires: The Life of George F. Griffin (Part 1/2)
Sometime around midnight of April 19, 1880, a defective range stove started a fire on the first floor of No. 18, Travers Street, in Boston, Massachusetts. A passing patrolman in the police department saw the flames and raced to a … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Personalities
Tagged 13th Maine Volunteers, 56th Massachusetts Infantry, Alcander Griffin, Appomattox, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the Wilderness, Boston Fire Department, George F. Griffin, Petersburg, Stephen M. Weld, Thaddeus Griffin', the crater, Z.B. Adams
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Of Dawn & Dusk, Beginnings & Endings
Wait for it. Dawn creeps along the horizon. The coming day is foretold with growing light, long before the sun’s disk crests the horizon. Like a saga of history – an event long looming on time’s horizon, then bursting suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Primary Sources
Tagged Appomattox, Charleston South Carolina, Fort Sumter, Joshua Chamberlain, Mary Chesnut, Primary Sources
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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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