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Tag Archives: Surrender
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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William McLain: On the Subject of Surrendering
ECW welcomes guest author Dan Masters. By August 1864, William Mosby McLain of Co. B, 32nd Ohio Infantry had become an expert on the ins and outs of surrendering. Having taken part in two of the largest mass surrenders of … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Primary Sources
Tagged Battle of Atlanta, Battle of Harpers Ferry, John Mosby, Siege of Vicksburg, Surrender
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Ending The War: General Hancock & The Surrender? (Part 1)
He had won his general stars on the battlefield, held the lines at Gettysburg, and been a trusted corps commander during the Overland Campaign. He had survived painful injury and returned to field command. He was a Democrat in politics … Continue reading
The Ends of the War in Rectortown
I’ve come to Rectortown, Virginia, looking for one end of the war, but I’ve unexpectedly found several. (The anniversary of one of them is today, April 21, as it happened.) Thick puffs of clouds that look like smoky cotton balls … Continue reading
Ending The War: John Wise’s Eulogy
And so I left them. As I rode along in search of the ford to which General Lee had directed me, I felt that I was in the midst of the wreck of that immortal army which, until now, I … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged Call Out The Cadets, ending-the-war, John S. Wise, Surrender
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Ending The War: The Bonnie White Flag
Most Civil War buffs are familiar with the secession song The Bonnie Blue Flag. However, but 1864, at least one Confederate officer held prisoner at Camp Chase had different sentiments; perhaps surrender offered a better choice? His poetry—The Bonnie White … Continue reading
Charleston’s Surrender
On February 18, 1865, Charleston, South Carolina surrendered. It had been just two months shy of four years since the war officially began with the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston’s harbor and the city had experience war, losses, and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged Carolina Campaign of 1865, Charleston South Carolina, Surrender
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The Civil War Versions of “NUTS”!
Welcome back, JoAnna M. McDonald History does not quite repeat itself in the literal sense, but it does rhyme. For example, cheeky responses to surrender demands are apparently a tradition in American military history (and in military history in general). … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Primary Sources
Tagged battle of the bulge, civil war humor, JoAnna M. McDonald, negotiations, Surrender
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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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Lee and Guerrilla Warfare
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
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Appomattox, Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Bert Dunkerly, Dan Davis, Edward Porter Alexander, guerrilla warfare, John Brown Gordon, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee, Surrender, Turning Points of the American Civil War, Turning-Points-Series
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