In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we cover the Battle of Fredericksburg—one of the bloodiest and ...

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

Lee’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all United States forces, hastened the conclusion of the Civil War.

While Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant led their respective armies, the generals serving under them directed the numerous battles that comprised the Civil War, which were divided among ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It was on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant. On April 14, ...

Regarded as the war’s finest general, Robert E. Lee was a master of the organization of war. The country’s most experienced general in 1861, he declined President Lincoln’s offer to head the ...

As they paraded by him for the first time in March of 1864, soldiers of the Army of the Potomac knew the general in full dress ... out March 8 Springfield Civil War Symposium had gained a full ...

Lee’s service on Scott’s staff titled “Learning from ... Note: The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals is also available in e-editions.

"LINCOLN'S PEACE: THE STRUGGLE TO END THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR" by ... to be the end of the war. Ask average Americans when the war ended, and they will say "1865" or "when Lee surrendered at ...