Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War by Elizabeth R. Varon

Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War

Elizabeth R. Varon

305 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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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 Elizabet...

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