Appomattox : victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the Civil War / Elizabeth R. Varon.
Appomattox : victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the Civil War / Elizabeth R. Varon.
Appomattox : victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the Civil War / Elizabeth R. Varon.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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G 2015/963
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 305 pages : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
No Escape -- Councils of War -- The Surrender Conference -- The armies -- Tidings of Peace -- Victory and Martyrdom -- Defeat and Liberation -- The Trials of Robert E. Lee -- The Promise Betrayed -- The Apple Tree.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
"General Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac might look serene in the amber-tinted popular images of two gentlemen sharing cigars, but that image conceals seething debate over precisely what the surrender meant and what kind of United States would emerge from war. The combatan...
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Appomattox : victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the Civil War / Elizabeth R. Varon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2014.
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G 2015/963
Record Identifier
74VKO4bgO3QX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO4bgO3QX
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ISBN
0199751714 (hardback)
9780199751716 (hardback)
DDC
973.7/38
MMS ID
991022624239702626
