More on Appomattox
10/04/15 07:01 Filed in: History
Here is another well written piece about the surrender at Appomattox. There are many good writers out there who can bring that day 150 years ago into the present.
One hundred and fifty years ago today, Robert E. Lee acknowledged the inevitable.
His forces shrunken and surrounded, his provisions dwindling rapidly, the Union Army pressing the attack, Lee first acknowledged to himself, then to his fellow Confederate officers, and finally to Ulysses Grant that the South was defeated.
“The time has come,” Lee told aide-de-camp Walter Herron Taylor, “for capitulation.”
“Well, sir,” Col. Herron replied, “speaking only for myself; to me, any other fate is preferable.”
One hundred and fifty years ago today, Robert E. Lee acknowledged the inevitable.
His forces shrunken and surrounded, his provisions dwindling rapidly, the Union Army pressing the attack, Lee first acknowledged to himself, then to his fellow Confederate officers, and finally to Ulysses Grant that the South was defeated.
“The time has come,” Lee told aide-de-camp Walter Herron Taylor, “for capitulation.”
“Well, sir,” Col. Herron replied, “speaking only for myself; to me, any other fate is preferable.”
blog comments powered by Disqus
