Title
Class Year
2015
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
4-9-2015
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
On April 9, 1865, Palm Sunday, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean’s house in the little village of Appomattox Court House to discuss the status of their two armies. After swapping stories of the days of their Mexican War service, the two men finally penned their names on terms of surrender, effectively ending the American Civil War. Grant, magnanimous towards the now defeated Confederates, and Lee, humble in his loss, ushered in the era of reconciliation that would bandage up the past four bloody years and push the reunited country forward together as one. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Kirk, Brianna E., "Take on Appomattox" (2015). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 93.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/93
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.