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Turning point · The American Civil War, 1861–1865
Appomattox Court House
9 Apr 1865 — Cut off ahead and behind, Lee surrenders 28,000 men. Grant’s terms: officers keep sidearms, every man who owns a horse keeps it “for the spring plowing.” Chamberlain’s men present arms to the surrendering column.
This is one scene of Chapter 10 — Appomattox in The American Civil War, 1861–1865.
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