He dated his response 1150. He entrusted his response with his aid. They found general lee resting at the apple orchard. Delivered the message, which in essence would indicate the general lee should select the site of their meeting, and general grant would approach when he arrived. So, general lee sent forward actually, he mounted his horse and he had with him his secretary lieutenant, and the headquarters courier, and the two federal offices. They approached the river, the appomattox, but stopped when one person wanted to drink. At which point, general lee set for set forward colonel marshall with the headquarters aid to go into the village and find a suitable meeting location. As i mentioned the village was very much neutral location between contending forces. Marshall left an account of that ride. He said, general lee told me to go forward and find a house. Very critical that he mention house. In the community, there was a courthouse. The courthouse is a judicial chamber. No one is
Courthouse National Historical park. Ron wilson talks about the terms of the surrender. This is about an hour. Thank you. Its indeed a pleasure to be here. I think this is the 16th seminar. I think we owe a debt of gratitude to Longwood University and to dr. Coles and Patrick Schroder and you ought to give them all a round of applause. [ applause ] how many of you, and there are quite a few of you, have been to the mcclain house at appomattox courthouse . That makes things rather easy for me. Its time for lunch i believe. One thing thats probably not generally known is that the first offer of surrender didnt come from a letter from general grant. It came from a group of officers that have gathered april 7th and these officers concluded that because the circumstances facing the army that it might be best to suggest to general lee that he opened negotiations with general grant. They selected him as their spokesman. William nelson for episcopalian. He approached general lee that day. He w
How many of you, and there are quite a few of you, have been to the mcclain house at appomattox courthouse . That makes things rather easy for me. Its time for lunch i believe. One thing thats probably not generally known is that the first offer of surrender didnt come from a letter from general grant. It came from a group of officers that have gathered april 7th and these officers concluded that because the circumstances facing the army that it might be best to suggest to general lee that he opened negotiations with general grant. They selected him as their spokesman. William nelson for episcopalian. He approached general lee that day. He would not hear that suggestion. He said there were too many brave and good men. General grant and most of the federal forces moved in. General lee moved the army of Northern Virginia north of the appomattox river. General grant establishes his headquarters at the Prince Edward hotel also known as the ran randolph house which no longer stands. Last ni
Thank you. Its indeed a pleasure to be here. I think this is the 16th seminar. I think we owe a debt of gratitude to Longwood University and to dr. Coles and Patrick Schroder and you ought to give them all a round of applause. [ applause ] how many of you, and there are quite a few of you, have been to the mcclain house at appomattox courthouse . That makes things rather easy for me. Its time for lunch i believe. One thing thats probably not generally known is that the first offer of surrender didnt come from a letter from general grant. It came from a group of officers that have gathered april 7th and these officers concluded that because the circumstances facing the army that it might be best to suggest to general lee that he opened negotiations with general grant. They selected him as their spokesman. William nelson for episcopalian. He approached general lee that day. He would not hear that suggestion. He said there were too many brave and good men. General grant and most of the fe
As Angela Bassett and Robert De Niro will drobing congressman john less which obviously having a very pivotal role in the civil rights movement, the first president of an organization when he was a very young man. He was very instrumental in helping to get that legislation passed in 2003 when president george w. Bush would will also be speak being momentary try to sign that legislation to make and release funding for that new africanamerican museum there at the smithsonian. When that happens well dip into it. Meantime its 11 00 eastern hour. Were live here from Hofstra University, site of the first president ial debate just two days away now. Im Fredricka Whitfield. Newsroom starts right now. All right. This breaking news we continue to monitor the developments out in Washington State. Well of course get back to politics here but first i want to update you on the breaking news that weve been following since late last night. At any moment we expect to hear from police who are in the mid