Spanish Peaks Library District

The last tragic days of the Confederacy as experienced by soldiers and civilians on both sides is shown in this account of the 9 days preceding Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

An historical account of the final year of the Civil War and the surrender at Appomattox.

Photographs and text describe the last battles of the Civil War.

For two sisters growing up in Appomattox during the Civil War, there is conflict both outside and inside their home.

The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant March to the Sea, which brings war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. In March, following Lincoln's second inauguration, first Petersburg and then Richmond finally fall to Grant's army. Lee's tattered Army of Northern Virginia flees westward toward a tiny crossroads town called Appomattox Court House. There the dramatic and deeply moving surrender...

Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the battles fought between January 1864 and April 1865 that led to the end of the Civil War.

An account of Grant's life and his role in the Civil War.

Details the events that led to General Lee's surrender to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, bringing an end to the Civil War.

"Lee'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...