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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 civil war. Next, we tour Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park to learn more about the event...

That is good enough for me. Host the next call is from travis in florence, alabama. Caller can you hear me . Im travis from florence, alabama. I had several relatives in the army of northern virginia. My question is hadley been able to link up with johnston in North Carolina, could the war have been turned in the souths favor . Guest no. Host why not . Guest the south was fought out. The south had done more with longer and less than any army in history. They had worn out. Had generally been able to escape my forces, he could not have lasted any longer than days. His men were starved, out of am...

Elizabeth varon from the university of virginia. We are joined by two men who played a starring role in the surrender ceremony you just saw. Ulysses s. Grant and robert e lee. General grant is portrayed by kurt field and general lee by thomas jesse. You want to invite you to be part of the conversation. Heres how to do that call us at the numbers on your screen. Send us a tweet at cspan history and you can also join us on facebook. This moment our viewers just saw on American History tv, gentlemen, what were you thinking as general lee wrote away . Guest sadness. I knew how much they were suff...

Appomattox. We will also give you a chance to call in and talk with him and Elizabeth Varon from the university of virginia. We are joined by two men who played a starring role in the surrender ceremony you just saw. Ulysses s. Grant and robert e lee. General grant is portrayed by kurt field and general lee by thomas jesse. You want to invite you to be part of the conversation. Heres how to do that call us at the numbers on your screen. Send us a tweet at cspan history and you can also join us on facebook. This moment our viewers just saw on American History tv, gentlemen, what were you thinki...

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 18,000 people in it. More than half were slaves working on the tobacco farms. As of 1860, 120 people l...