Here I am in the parlor of the McLean's house in Appomattox Court House, VA. It was on this site on April 9, 1865, that General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant. For all practical purposes, this ended the Civil War (War Between the States), and allowed the healing to begin. This site is so different from the battlefields, where many fallen solddiers were buried and/or monumnets were built in the years following the war.Warmest regards, Gus
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