Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil ... Appomattox Court House in ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

For generations, Americans learned the same basic story about the end of the Civil War. On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Va. In a sublime moment of ...

The American Civil War ended with the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865. At the Varnum Armory Museum, a band playing Civil War era music played some tunes, and several ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

For generations, Americans learned the same basic story about the end of the Civil War. On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Va. In a sublime moment of ...

Even in its earliest days, discord was part and parcel of American life. During the American Revolution, families were often divided between Patriots — pushing for American independence from Great ...

Grant at the home of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Court House in Northern Virginia ... Anniversary of the end of the American Civil War with a special program on Wednesday, April ...

By afternoon, General Grant joined General Lee at Wilbur McLean’s home in Appomattox ... Virginia formally surrendered. After four long and bloody years, the American Civil War was now all ...

Submitted photo April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. What is perhaps less ...

Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. President Abraham Lincoln ... peace” after almost exactly four years of a bloody civil war. That Lincoln’s election in 1860 was the catalyst for ...