Tag Archives: Appomattox

Appomattox Revisited in the Washington Territory

Posted on May 24, 2022 by ECW Guest Post

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 →

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Book Review: Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Steve Davis

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 →

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“Do you want me to sign this thing or not?”

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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On The Eve Of War: Appomattox, Virginia

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Sarah Kay Bierle

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 →

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Picturing Union Victory – Early Images of the Surrender at Appomattox

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Cecily Nelson Zander

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 →

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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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Ending the War, More or Less

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Meg Groeling

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 →

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Fighting Rebels and Fighting Fires: The Life of George F. Griffin (Part 1/2)

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Ryan Quint

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 →

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Of Dawn & Dusk, Beginnings & Endings

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

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 →

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Preservation News: Celebrating Saved Land At Appomattox

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

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 →

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