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Thoughts on Appomattox (part four)
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
Thoughts on Appomattox (part three)
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?
Posted in Armies, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Memory, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Appomattox, Appomattox Court House, casulaties, Memory, thoughts-on-Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant
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Thoughts on Appomattox (part two)
“It’s a sad day in Civil War history,” my friend Frank said to me yesterday. It was April 9. “Depends on whose side you were on,” I said with the hint of a chuckle—but Frank looked like he was ready … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Memory, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Memory, thoughts-on-Appomattox
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Thoughts on Appomattox (part one)
One of the images that hangs high over Ulysses S. Grant’s sepulcher is an image of a handshake. It’s an idealized painting of Grant and Lee at Appomattox, sealing their deal. A handshake was a man’s word. It’s the way … Continue reading
