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Movement of the armies to cover a lot of ground. There are several bottles only way. By the time the armies battles on the way. By the time the army gets to appomattox they have been in constant contact. When they arrived at the courthouse, there is a final battle on the day of the surrender because nobody knew there would be a surrender that day on the morning of april. April 9. Here we have sailors creek, the largest battle of the campaign with eight thousand confederate 8000 confederate soldiers captured on one day. As the army of Northern Virginia drifts into the courthouse, the Union Cava...

Print parole passes for the confederates. This is the pattern that they use, it is called a check pattern, i think you can see why. They are important for a few other things as well. General grant indicated that they could be used for transportation on Union Military railroads and ships. For a lot of the men who lived near working railroads or can get home by ship, the Union Military will transport them. A lot of the men who lived in the deep south went to norfolk on ships, and got home that way. The parole passes will be important for a lot of reasons. They allow the soldiers to get food, the...

The original photograph on the right the house was torn down later on. The house you see on the right is a reconstruction. The confederate soldiers are issued parole passes. These are very important because when lee surrenders, the war is not over, it is just lee surrendering the army of Northern Virginia. As the confederate soldiers go home they are entering other war zones, places where there are active fighting. They need proof that they have surrender and have permission to go home to protect themselves from union troops and also confederate soldiers might pick them up as deserters soviet ...

Long days and lose track of things and make bad decisions. You are fatigue mentally fatigued mentally and physically. When word comes out that there is a flag of truce it is a shock. And really shakes them to their foundations, it is really hard to accept. They have been fighting and all of a sudden the war will be over quickly. The surrender meeting takes place in the mclean house, a private home chosen for the occasion. There are about a dozen witnesses in the room. Of course when you have a dozen or so witnesses you are going to get a dozen or so different stories. One of the frustrating th...

Today. Two books i think we have them for sale in the bookstore. The most recent 1 i grabbed the wrong one. What is the title of the most recent one . To the bitter in. To the bitter end. And the second one, the final days of the army of tennessee. It is the transmississippi and indian territory. It was one of the florida regiments, the last surrendered group. Robert dunkerly. [applause] mr. Dunkerly good morning. I want to thank the organizers for having me. I really appreciate the invitation. Its great to be here with so many people interested in this topic. What i would like to do is talk a...