Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of ...

The Civil-War was the deadliest conflict in American history, and of the regiments assembled to preserve the Union, none suffered more losses in battle ... 1865 surrender at Appomattox, Union ...

or surrendered in the fierce battle at Sailor Creek. Every move Lee made, Grant seemed to have anticipated. Lee planned to cross the Appomattox River to distance his army from the advancing Union ...