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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 will take you to to the road where they surrendered now. We are once again standing on the richburg ...

Because my apology and a half to bring in really because my politics enough and being in the money that it took to do a worldclass hotel. This skyline is very much representative of henrys legacy with the hotel. And we are back live again at the university of virginia in charlottesville. This is American History tv on cspan3. Among these questions, we will post a question. Sometimes, they will be directed at a specific panelist, but all the panelists are welcome to give their two cents worth. I am going to start here with the question and that gets back to lincoln and the press. A question fro...

Confederate to act for the north to make it look more realistic. [laughter] the most recently seen in richmond a couple weeks ago this was to also in a commemorative mark of troops entering richmond in 1995. In a similarly and a Similar Program was part of the one 50th and Richland Richmond a few weeks ago. Union troops entering the city. It was led by africanamerican reenactors. That pose, almost entirely ethic, to glory. And the movie lincoln has done aside what it has done for interest in lincoln, has done what historians have wanted to do, which is focus on the 13th amendment. Bravo to spi...

Mornings panel. We are going to talk a good bit today about the aftermath of the civil war and the legacy and memory. In this mornings panel were going to focus on the events of the spring and 1865. The last chapter in the work. In the war. I enjoyed by experts on lincoln, lee, and grant. Elizabeth and gary. Let us go back spring of 1865 and sets the stage. In march 1865, lincoln gives his famous second inaugural address. What are his hopes and expectations for the spring and his vision of what victory and peace might look like . Mr. Holzer shall i start . Professor varon that would be great. ...

My name is robin snyder and it is my honor to welcome each and every one of you on this historic day in our nations history. This courthouse village stands as not just a symbol of wars and, but a place of departure for a transformed nation. The significance of what took place here settle the issue of who would be the victors of the american civil war, but many questions remained unanswered. Soldiers echoed their thoughts and letters and diary entries. Letters of Union Soldiers reflected jubilation, but also concerned. In the front lines of appomattox from james mulligan, he wrote though the ar...