President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran, Herbert Preston. Copyright © 2017 by Wendel A. White President Ulysses ...

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

And though Grant and Sherman had become close friends when they led the Union to victory, they had grown apart over politics since the Civil War. After Belknap usurped the general’s command ...

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By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. It was a pivotal moment in American history, and one of the ...

The Tennessee Wars Commission administers the application and grant processes. With this round of grants the Civil War Sites Preservation Fund has now allocated $20,312,188.32 in matching funds ...

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, ...

Grant on April 9, 1865 ... during the rebellion and that many historians consider part and parcel of the Civil War, continued until the 1890s. Vorenberg recognizes that to determine the end ...