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Published on: 2013-09-06
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Winner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for NonfictionWinner, Eugene Feit Award in Civil War Studies, New York Military Affairs SymposiumWinner of the Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize of the Austin Civil War Round TableFinalist, Jefferson Davis Award of the Museum of the ConfederacyBest Books of 2014, Civil War Monitor6 Civil War Books to Read Now, Diane Rehm Show, NPRLee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House evokes a highly gratifying image in the popular mind -- it was, many believe, a moment that transcended politics, a moment of healing, a moment of patriotism untainted by ideology. But as Elizabeth Varon reveals in this vividly narrated history, this rosy image conceals a seething debate over precisely what the surrender meant and what kind of nation would emerge from war. The combatants in that debate included the iconic Lee and Grant, but they also included a cast of characters previously overlooked, who brought their own understanding of the war's causes, consequences, and meaning.In Appomattox, Varon deftly captures the events swirling around that well remembered-but not well understood-moment when the Civil War ended. She expertly depicts the final battles in Virginia, when Grant's troops surrounded Lee's half-starved army, the meeting of the generals at the McLean House, and the shocked reaction as news of the surrender spread like an electric charge throughout the nation. But as Varon shows, the ink had hardly dried before both sides launched a bitter debate over the meaning of the war and the nation's future. For Grant, and for most in the North, the Union victory was one of right over wrong, a vindication of free society; for many African Americans, the surrender marked the dawn of freedom itself. Lee, in contrast, believed that the Union victory was one of might over right: the vast impersonal Northern war machine had worn down a valorous and unbowed South. Lee was committed to peace, but committed, too, to the restoration of the South's political power within the Union and the perpetuation of white supremacy. These two competing visions of the war's end paved the way not only for Southern resistance to reconstruction but also our ongoing debates on the Civil War, 150 years later.Did America's best days lie in the past or in the future For Lee, it was the past, the era of the founding generation. For Grant, it was the future, represented by Northern moral and material progress. They held, in the end, two opposite views of the direction of the country-and of the meaning of the war that had changed that country forever. Appomattox Courthouse HistoryNet Appomattox Court House Battle Summary: The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was the Army of Northern Virginias final battle and was the beginning of the end of the ... The top 12 Civil War books ever written - Salon.com Monday Dec 27 2010 12:01 AM UTC The top 12 Civil War books ever written One great book for each month of 2011 the sesquicentennial ... Battle of Gettysburg - Wikipedia Battle of Gettysburg; Part of the American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg by Thure de Thulstrup 21f. Claiming Victory from Defeat - ushistory.org 21f. Claiming Victory from Defeat. The Americans were angry with the British for many reasons. The British didn't withdraw from American territory in the Great Lakes ... American Civil War - Wikipedia The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the ... The American Testimony: Sectionalism Civil War and ... American History from 1837 to 1877 including southern secession Civil War and the Reconstruction American Civil War (1861-1865) - The New York Times News about American Civil War (1861-1865) including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. More Biographies The Civil War PBS One of the first Americans to become proficient at photography Mathew Brady earned eternal fameand povertyfor documenting the carnage of the Civil War. Civil War Battles HistoryNet Civil War Battles summary: The Civil War consisted of nearly 10500 battles engagements and other military actions including nearly 50 major battles and about 100 ... The Antifederalists' Victory in Defeat [ushistory.org] The Federalists' efforts and goals were built upon expanding this national commitment and awareness. But the Antifederalists even in defeat contributed enormously to ...
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