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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Book Discussion On Appomattox 20160604

The civil war. She dr. Appomattox, virginia talked about appomattox, virginia. This was recorded at the busy them of the appomattox. It is about four to five minutes. Just 45 minutes. Elizabeth varon thank you for that very, very kind introduction. Grant e. Lee surrender to and is a familiar tableau. They met in the house of William Mclean in the hamlet appomattox courthouse. Grant dressed casually in a much tattered uniform, represented the hardscrabble farmers and. Age earners after awkwardly extending pleasantries about their service in the mexican war, they agreed to surrender terms that effectively ended the civil war. Grant set free the concord soldiers of north virginia on their honor. To promised they would never again take up arms against the united states. The megaminty in this hour magnanimity in this hour united the north and south and provided the way for a world power of america. This casts the surrender as a moment ....

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