When the National Park Service observed the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 2015, it invited Thomas Jessee to portray Lee and Curt Fields, Grant. The two will ...
When Gen. Robert E. Lee left Appomattox in April 1865 after surrendering to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, his copy of the terms of surrender left with him. Now, 150 years later, the documents are returning. ...
"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 ...