“Our sojourn at Appomattox Court House was a hard experience. We had raced to that point,” prepared to fight on and instead found Lee’s surrender. By late summer, Chamberlain was on a ...

Other Southern forces remained in the field further south, but few would continue fighting when they learned of the outcome at Appomattox. With Lee’s surrender, the war effectively came to an end.

April 9 marks the 159th Anniversary of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S.

These are not people with whom we can negotiate, so turn to the lessons of history for dealing with non-negotiable opponents.

1867. Courtesy: Library of Congress. The official surrender document of Lee's troops to the Union Army, signed at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865: We, the undersigned Prisoners of War ...

Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse searching for ways to venerate the grand Confederate cause. He found the perfect vehicle in Jesse james, and Edwards was instrumental in creating the myth ...