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Of the union army, and he blocked general lees line of retreat, thus general lee had to continue further west, searching for rations and hoping to get around grants army. The next place general lee could gather supplies was about three miles from us here at appomattox station. Supplies had been brought over from lynchburg to feed general lees army. Its everything the army really needed. Hundreds of thousands of rations, new uniforms, equipment, and thats where theyre heading for on april 8 after...

From fords theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot 150 years ago. James this is an interesting house that has a great history even before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. This house was built in the early 1850s by a german immigrant to america, William Petersen, and he used the house as a boardinghouse. Up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boardinghouses, congressmen, senators, even Vice ...

Surrender of robert e. Lee on april 9th. Everyone was inside of the theater, the play was under way. Lincolns carriage pulled and up stopped in front of that big gas lamp and lincoln went inside. And then around 10 15 or 10 20 p. M. The doors of fords theater burst open. First dozens then hundreds then over a thousand people came rushing out those doors screaming. At first some people thought the theater was on fire. Then they heard the shouts, lincolns been shot, the president s been killed, bu...

Aside from the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boarding house life in washington, d. C. I have been coming here years, making pilgrimages here. I started coming here in 1986 when i joined the Reagan Administration and i have been coming here for years. I am very excited that this year for the 150th anniversary there will be a big commemoration for Abraham Lincoln. In past years, i am usually here alone. No one comes here on the night of assassin...

Couples to marry. And a conversation on first ladies with the most impact on the executive mansion. Sunday, the life and death of James Garfield who served almost two decades as a congressman from ohio and was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. Get the complete schedule at cspan. Org. Each week American History tv visits museums and historic places. This is Peterson House in washington, d. C. Where president Abraham Lincoln passed away at 7 2 7 22 a. M. A tour of the boarding hous...

The Chicago based Ferrara candy company announced that it has been the subject of a ransomware attack at probably the absolute worst time for a candy company, less than 2 weeks before Halloween.