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  1. Hace 1 día · More than 150 years after the surrender at Appomattox Court House, the legacy of the Civil War continues to shape American society and culture. The war, which claimed the lives of more than 700,000 Americans, left deep scars on the nation‘s psyche and laid bare the profound divisions and inequalities that had long plagued the country.

  2. 14 de may. de 2024 · Grant in Peace. From Appomattox to Mount McGregor. Hartford: S.S. Scranton & Co., 1887. 8vo. Contemporary burgundy one quarter morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments, gilt lettered in 2. First edition. INSCRIBED BY GENERAL SHERMAN: "Genl. W.T. Sherman 1887. From the Author - Adam Badeau - Acknowledged". W. T.

  3. Hace 3 días · Grant Cottage, Mt. McGregor, Wilton, New York ; General Grant National Memorial ... Grant writes about each of these battles here in his Personal Memoirs. 1. Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, May 5-7th, ... Grant said of the battle in his memoirs, "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made. ...

  4. 30 de abr. de 2024 · Battle of the Wilderness, battle in the American Civil War fought in northern Virginia on May 5–7, 1864, the first battle of Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s "Overland Campaign," a relentless drive to defeat once and for all Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and capture the South’s capital at Richmond ...

  5. 3 de may. de 2024 · SUMMARY. The surrender at Appomattox Court House occurred in April 1865 when Confederate general Robert E. Lee submitted to Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, all but ending the American Civil War (1861–1865). After the fall of Richmond on April 2–3, Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia had retreated west to the village of ...

  6. 16 de may. de 2024 · War and Peace of Mind for Ulysses S. Grant. Online article from the Smithsonian, ... The Publisher of Grant's Personal Memoirs -- Charles Webster. ... Pages 158 to 268 contain a highly detailed account of Grant's last days at Mt. McGregor and the activities and ceremonies following his death.

  7. Hace 3 días · Colonel Dent, not wanting to lose his favorite daughter, offered Julia's younger sister, Ellen (or Nellie), to an astonished Grant, who promptly turned down this outrageous idea. Colonel Dent, like so many coming after him in the future, had to submit to Grant's wishes and give consent, in this case, for his marriage to Julia. <<