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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...

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Bothersome debate. And maybe its a symptom of why so Many Americans are kind of put off by the war. Why do you argue about stuff like that . But lets look at those names in a different way. Each of those names represents a perfectly valid perspective on the war. And each is a potential gateway for americans to engage in this story. This worldchanging story. The problem is and for reasons that seem mysterious to many, people who are not inclined toward history the problem is we continue to throw ...

Authors. Thats live april ninth and 12th here on American History tv on cspan three. Each week, american artifact takes viewers to archives museums, and Historic Sites around the country. On april 9 1865, confederate general robert e lee met Union General Ulysses S Grant village of Appomattox Courthouse and surrendered his army of Northern Virginia. While confederate armies were still active in the field, the surrender of the southpaws most potent remaining fighting force effectively ended the c...

At appomattox. There was still kirby smith with the army in texas and his official surrender is not until june 2, 1865. The surrender at appomattox was a multiday process. After leeann grant met, they appoint commissioners to work out the details of how they surrender will take place. That is done by the commissioners on april 10 and the confederate cavalry is set to surrender their sabers and carbines, the artillery, and the bulk of generallys army surrenders on april 12. Over 22,000 men and i ...

Confederate armies were still active in the field, the surrender of the souths most put remaining fighting force effectively ended the civil war. Next, we tour the National Historical park to learn more about the events surrounding that day. This is the oldest building in the village. It was called clover hill before it became Appomattox Courthouse. This was one of the later counties formed. They took price of the four surrounding counties and formed appomattox county in 1845. This county had 18...

Operation this morning. And wait until you hear who hes blaming. And airborne. Two porsches collide on the track in virginia. A huge crash. Coming within inches of people watching the action, including the cameraman. Are these the luckiest people in america this morning . Good morning, everybody. We want to get straight to the breaking news overnight, as we learn more about the twin terror raids carried out by American Special forces in africa. One of the operations was in libya. Resulted and th...

Conditions coastside, even warm. And inland we are looking at mostly cool numbers. Big changes coming up. Carolyn. We begin with breaking news out of san jose where firefighters have just put out a fire in a car that was split in half. It happened at blossom hill road and wind fielder boulevard near the mall. So word on how the car was split in two or if there were injuries. We will continue to follow the story and by you updates as we become available. A stanford student faces manslaughter and ...

Napa this morning. It is a cool start with a clear sky, but throughout the afternoon a few clouds from time to time. Not going to do much to inhibit our warmup. In fact, another 25 to 35 degrees of warming today puts us into the 80s. But a little sea breeze in the afternoon with numbers in the upper 70s at our coast. Still well above average today. It all changes tomorrow. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. We begin with breaking news out of san jose where firefighters have just put out a fire in a car t...

Operation this morning. And wait until you hear who hes blaming. And airborne. Two porsches collide on the track in virginia. A huge crash. Coming within inches of people watching the action, including the cameraman. Are these the luckiest people in america this morning . Good morning, everybody. We want to get straight to the breaking news overnight, as we learn more about the twin terror raids carried out by special forces in africa. One of the operations was in lib libya. And led to the captu...