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The Army of Northern Virginia Surrenders

The final official ceremony takes place to bid farewell to the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.Continue reading

The Last Speech He Will Ever Make

Abraham Lincoln delivers a serious speech about restoring the Union that dampens the joyous celebrations over Robert E. Lee’s surrender. Actor John Wilkes Booth seethes when he hears Lincoln’s speech.Continue reading

Fresh Defiance and Unconquerable Hearts

President Jefferson Davis and the Confederate government-in-exile leaves Danville, Virginia, for Greensboro, North Carolina, upon learning of Robert E. Lee’s surrender. Davis seeks to meet with Joseph E. Johnston and urge the last major Confederate army to continue the fight.Continue reading

An Affectionate Farewell

Celebrations erupt throughout the North as Robert E. Lee issues a formal farewell to his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.Continue reading

From John Lightner, 200th Pennsylvania

Letter from Private John Lightner of the 200th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry to his mother on the day of Robert E. Lee's surrender.Continue reading

Lee Surrenders to Grant

Ulysses S. Grant formally receives the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the last of his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.Continue reading

Lee Agrees to Discuss Surrender

Robert E. Lee is compelled to ask Ulysses S. Grant for a meeting to discuss surrendering the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.Continue reading

Lee Means to Fight

Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia continues its grueling westward march while Ulysses S. Grant continues pressing for its surrender.Continue reading

Let the Thing be Pressed

After suffering his worst defeat, Robert E. Lee embarks on the final campaign of his military career.Continue reading

The Battle of Sayler’s Creek

Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia sustains its worst defeat of the war while trying to elude Federal pursuers west of Richmond.Continue reading