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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The American Civil War Museum
The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites ... while the Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox sits in Appomattox, Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond).
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The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of ...
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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite ...
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
The Civil War is raging – 158 years later
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought ...
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Virginia Had More Civil War Battles Than Every Other State
The Civil War was the bloodiest and most ... and General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. The war took a heavy toll on Virginia. More than 150,000 Virginians served in the Confederate military ...
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The Army of Northern Virginia
Strategically, the Eastern Theater was arguably the most important battleground of the Civil War ... at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia entered ...
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Episode 8 | War Is All Hell (1865)
The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to ... of Northern Virginia flees westward toward a tiny crossroads town called Appomattox ...