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JOHN BROWN IS VICTORIOUS!
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MITO MINISTER
Apr 4, 2013, 12:28:26 AM4/4/13
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April
9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General
Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the
Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last
battles of the American Civil War. Lee, having abandoned the
Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, after the Siege of
Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the
Confederate forces in North Carolina. Union forces pursued and cut off
the Confederate retreat. Lee's final stand was at Appomattox Court
House, where he launched an attack to break through the Union force to
his front, assuming the Union force consisted entirely of cavalry.
When he realized that the cavalry was backed up by two corps of Union
infantry, he had no choice but to surrender.
The signing of the surrender documents occurred in the parlor of the
house owned by Wilmer McLean on the afternoon of April 9. On April 12,
a formal ceremony marked the disbandment of the Army of Northern
Virginia and the parole of its officers and men, effectively ending
the war in Virginia.
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DEATH TO WHITE SOUTHERN HERITAGE !
9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General
Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the
Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last
battles of the American Civil War. Lee, having abandoned the
Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, after the Siege of
Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the
Confederate forces in North Carolina. Union forces pursued and cut off
the Confederate retreat. Lee's final stand was at Appomattox Court
House, where he launched an attack to break through the Union force to
his front, assuming the Union force consisted entirely of cavalry.
When he realized that the cavalry was backed up by two corps of Union
infantry, he had no choice but to surrender.
The signing of the surrender documents occurred in the parlor of the
house owned by Wilmer McLean on the afternoon of April 9. On April 12,
a formal ceremony marked the disbandment of the Army of Northern
Virginia and the parole of its officers and men, effectively ending
the war in Virginia.
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DEATH TO WHITE SOUTHERN HERITAGE !
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