Saturday, April 11, 2015

The Dangerous Myth of Appomattox - NYTimes.com

The Dangerous Myth of Appomattox - NYTimes.com:



"ON April 9, 1865 — Palm Sunday — Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee negotiated their famous “Gentlemen’s Agreement” of surrender. In the ensuing celebration, a relieved Grant told his men, “The war is over.”"



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