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September 2 - 20
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Northerners believed they were fighting to save the republic and with it the world’s best hope for democracy
Glory Enough for All: Sheridan’s Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station
ably explains in Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign in North Carolina
Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (Caroline E. Janney - CH) Atkinson September 2 - 20Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox By Caroline Janney The Army of Northern Virginias chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House. As the Confederates had pushed west at a relentless pace for nearly a week, thousands of wounded and exhausted men fell out of the ranks. When word spread that Lee planned to surrender, most remaining troops stacked their arms and accepted paroles allowing