An insider’s look at the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House
If there’s a best insider’s look at the beginning of the end of the Civil War – the Confederate surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865 – look…
How this 1862 battle lengthened the Civil War by 2 years
In 1862, the Union Army was in striking distance of Richmond and the Union commander hoped to wrap up the entire war with just a few more engagements, but surprising aggression by the Army of Northern Virginia’s new commander would cause a Union de…