Appomattox 150 Years Ago - Final Moments of the Civil War
On April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of the Northern Virginia at Appomattox, VA in one of the most dramatic scenes in American military history. Bruce Catton's classic three volume history of the Civil War ends with his superlative "A Stillness at Appomattox" brilliantly capturing Lee's failed dash to escape and ensuing poignant moments of his surrender.
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A Stillness at Appomattox, by Bruce Catton (1990 – 448pp) by
A Civil War classic covering the final days of the war and Robert E. Lee’s historic, emotional surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.