Appomattox: Where America's Civil War Neared Its End
Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...
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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
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Sunday is Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Why does Florida have 3 Confederate holidays?
Gen. George Meade. A few weeks after becoming general-in-chief of the Confederate states, Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865, to Union Gen. Ulysses S.
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Fort Fisher celebrates 160th anniversary, $20M visitor center launch
Less than three months after that Lee retreated and ended up surrendering to General U.S. Grant on April 9 at Appomattox Court House. True, the fort was not the picturesque equal to Fort Sumter ...
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Appomattox: Where America’s Civil War Neared Its End
Of all the NPS Civil War sites we visited, our favorite is probably Appomattox Court House National Historical Park that is particularly impressive. The visit was so enjoyable we decided to return ...
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America has been teetering on the edge of civil war. Did Donald Trump’s victory seal our fate?
Grant was signed by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865, no secession of hostilities or retreat from overt and covert combat have transpired.
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Elon Musk Has Broken the Constitutional Order
The tech oligarch has unleashed his slow-rolling coup d’état across the federal government, and it’s not clear anything can ...
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Where the Right-Wing Campaign Against Birthright Citizenship Comes From—and Why It’s Wrong
A week after surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 14, 1865, Robert E. Lee (who was to become the most visible symbol of Southern resistance) sat down with a reporter ...