Join us tonight at 6:00 p.m. for a 3 part Living History program featuring Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, formerly enslaved man Abram Reynolds, and local Freedmen's Bureau School teacher Charles McMahon. Luminary to follow. #CivilWar #Emancipation #Reunion #APX159

159th Anniversary of the Surrender and Freedom Day. Click the following link for a full schedule of programs for Saturday, April 13, 2024. #CivilWar #APX159 #Reunion #Emancipation #FindYourPark #CivilWar Trails nps.gov/apco/planyourv…

#OTD in 1865, Jefferson Davis meets with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in Greensboro, NC about prospects for continuing the #CivilWar . Meanwhile, Federal troops under Gen. Edward Canby capture Mobile, AL and Gen. James H. Wilson's Federal cavalry occupy Montgomery, AL #CivilWar #APX159

Hear the name Appomattox and many thoughts may come to mind. The ending of the #CivilWar , the ending of slavery, the #Reunion of the country, and the transition of America into a more modern nation. What does Appomattox mean to you? #Emancipation #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=IKenCr…

#OTD in 1865, as Federal soldiers and paroled Confederates leave Appomattox CH, word of the surrender spreads. By June 1865, the remaining Confederate armies lay down their arms and the #CivilWar is over. As many as 750,000 soldiers had died. #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=cg-KTI…

#OTD in 1865, 22,000 Confederate infantry surrender their weapons, equipment, and battle flags in front of Federal troops under Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain along the Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Rd. during the 'Stacking of Arms' ceremony. #CivilWar #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=LymJDS…

159th Anniversary of the Surrender and Freedom Day. Click the following link for a full schedule of programs for Friday, April 12, 2024. #CivilWar #APX159 #Reunion #Emancipation #FindYourPark #CivilWar Trails nps.gov/apco/planyourv…

What did #Emancipation mean for the formerly enslaved people of Appomattox County, Virginia? Discover the stories of Molly Stevens, Hannah Reynolds, John Robinson, and other local African Americans, before, during, and after the #CivilWar . #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=5WOequ…

Appomattox CH witnessed the beginning of the end of the #CivilWar . Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern VA to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. When did the remaining Confederate armies capitulate? How did the war come to an end? #Emancipation #AXP159 youtube.com/watch?v=TANmea…

159th Anniversrary of the Surrender and Freedom Day. Click the following link for a full schedule of programs for Thursday, April 11, 2024. #CivilWar #APX159 #Reunion #Emancipation #FindYourPark #CivilWar Trails nps.gov/apco/planyourv…

#OTD in 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee issues Gen. Order No. 9, his farewell address to the Army of Northern VA. Written by Lt. Col. Charles Marshall and edited by Lee, it thanks the men for their service and wishes them well. #CivilWar #AP159 For a full text: nps.gov/apco/general-o…

#OTD in 1865, Federal soldiers print Parole Passes for the surrendered Confederates at the Clover Hill Tavern. These tickets home are necessary as Gen. Robert E. Lee only surrendered the Army of Northern VA here at Appomattox CH. #CivilWar #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=P4Lri6…

The meeting between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in the McLean House on April 9, 1865 was only the beginning of the surrender proceedings at Appomattox CH. Discover some of the other events that transpired over the next several days #CivilWar #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=mmQx9v…

159th Anniversary of the Surrender and Freedom Day. Click the following link for a full schedule of programs for Wednesday, April 10, 2024. #CivilWar #APX159 #Reunion #Emancipation #FindYourPark #CivilWar Trails nps.gov/apco/planyourv…

How did the Federal victory at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 lead to the realization of #Emancipation for enslaved people in Virginia? How was this Freedom Day remembered and commemorated in the African American community? #CivilWar #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=_JXr8X…

#OTD in 1865, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant offered and Gen. Robert E. Lee accepted the following terms of surrender for the Army of Northern VA. Though not the end of the #CivilWar , Lee's surrender marked the beginning of the end of the 4 year conflict. #APX159 nps.gov/apco/learn/his…

#OTD in 1865, Gens Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee discuss the surrender of the Army of Northern VA. Grant writes out the terms, which call for the Confederate soldiers to lay down their weapons, promise not to fight again, and head home #CivilWar #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=GZYbJL…

#OTD in 1865, as a truce is established in and around Appomattox CH, Lt. Col. Charles Marshall of Lee's staff chooses the McLean House for the surrender meeting. Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee will soon meet in the parlor. #CivilWar #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=59ypTg…

#OTD in 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee's rearguard is located at New Hope Church, on the Richmond-Lynchburg Rd. east of Appomattox CH. It is here that Lee will initially attempt to meet with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to discuss his army's surrender #CivilWar #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=imjzqi…

#OTD in 1865, the Confederate attack at Appomattox CH is stopped by the arrival of Federal infantry. By splitting his forces, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has ensured that Gen. Robert E. Lee's army is trapped. Lee is now faced with few options. #CivilWar #APX159 youtube.com/watch?v=4x0OZX…