APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – This week marks the 161st anniversaries of Surrender and Freedom Day at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, marking the beginning of the end of the Civil ...
American History TV will be LIVE April 9 and April 12 on C-SPAN3 for coverage of ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of the Surrender at Appomattox. April 9 - LIVE at 1:30pm ET - Re-Airs Thursday ...
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Grant offered magnanimous terms, allowing Confederate soldiers to keep their horses and small ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The sword Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had at his side when he surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is returning to Appomattox as the centerpiece of a new museum examining ...
APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Volunteers gathered Saturday at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park for the 30th annual Parks Day, dedicating their time to preserving one of the nation’s ...
Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General and future United States President, Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender took place at the McLean farmhouse at Appomattox Court ...
The surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant near Appomattox on April 9, 1865 was an event remembered as essentially the end of the ...