Confederate States of America

Grant Reports Appomattox to Washington

Today's installment concludes Lee Surrenders at Appomatox,our selection from Memoirs of Grant by Ulysses S. Grant published in 1885.If you have

When I went into the house I found General Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats.Continuing Lee Surrenders at

This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Grant Receives a Message From Lee.IntroductionWhen the main

Today's installment concludes The First Battle of Bull Run,our selection from The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United

Between the panic-stricken fugitives and the victors were undefeated units capable of disputing a southern advance. Between the panic-stricken

This at length had been effected; and Schenck’s brigade and Ayres’s battery, of Tyler’s division, were on the point of crossing the Run to aid in

This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Union Army Moves South.IntroductionThis battle was the first large

Today's installment concludes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation,the name of our combined selection from John Hay and by John G. Nicolay and

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State . .