Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The changeover weve been talking about has now arrived as we get you situated to head into the weekend overnight. This arctic blast has taken twothirds of the nation and tonight that includes part of the south where they broke a record in atlanta. The northeast is dealing with freezing precip. Full on ice in parts of the northwest while parts of wisconsin are dealing with 55, fivezero inches of snow. And none of this includes the next weather system expected to roll in across the country. We begin tonight with nbcs Gabe Gutierrez in atlanta. Reporter from coasttocoast today the unrelenting, bonechilling wall of arctic air kept marching. In oregon an icy nightmare. Cars and trucks sliding all over. It was so slippery. Like i could barely walk. Reporter record snow piled up fast prompting amazing images on social media. Huge snow drifts blanketing cars, burying backyards and almost reaching old glory. T
The changeover weve been talking about has now arrived as we get you situated to head into the weekend tonight. This arctic blast has taken twothirds of the nation and tonight that includes part of the south where they broke a record in atlanta. The northeast is dealing with freezing precip. Full on ice in parts of the northwest while parts of wisconsin are dealing with 55, fivezero inches of snow. And none of this includes the next weather system expected to roll in across the country. We begin tonight with nbcs Gabe Gutierrez in atlanta. Reporter from coasttocoast today the unrelenting, bonechilling wall of arctic air kept marching. In oregon an icy nightmare. Cars and trucks sliding all over. It was so slippery. Like i could barely walk. Reporter record snow piled up fast prompting amazing images on social media. Huge snow drifts blanketing cars, burying backyards and almost reaching old glory. The frigid temperatures and ice proving to be a challenge for this tv reporter. The midwe
Movement of the armies to cover a lot of ground. There are several bottles only way. By the time the armies battles on the way. By the time the army gets to appomattox they have been in constant contact. When they arrived at the courthouse, there is a final battle on the day of the surrender because nobody knew there would be a surrender that day on the morning of april. April 9. Here we have sailors creek, the largest battle of the campaign with eight thousand confederate 8000 confederate soldiers captured on one day. As the army of Northern Virginia drifts into the courthouse, the Union Cavalry under general custer has gotten in front of the Confederate Army, blocking the road they intend to use. The goal all along for robert ulees to get robert lee is to get the army down. Lee cap makes the terms to the south because union forces keep blocking the way but the union armies cant make the turn to the south because union forces keep blocking the way. This map shows the final battle whic
Print parole passes for the confederates. This is the pattern that they use, it is called a check pattern, i think you can see why. They are important for a few other things as well. General grant indicated that they could be used for transportation on Union Military railroads and ships. For a lot of the men who lived near working railroads or can get home by ship, the Union Military will transport them. A lot of the men who lived in the deep south went to norfolk on ships, and got home that way. The parole passes will be important for a lot of reasons. They allow the soldiers to get food, they can stop at union supply bases and draw rations. Over the next three days the surrender is put in motion. The first branch that will surrender is the cavalry on april 10. If you are wondering why the cavalry goes first, think about how much food a horse eats everyday and think about the state of these Confederate Forces and think about appomattox is a small county and does not have a lot of reso
The original photograph on the right the house was torn down later on. The house you see on the right is a reconstruction. The confederate soldiers are issued parole passes. These are very important because when lee surrenders, the war is not over, it is just lee surrendering the army of Northern Virginia. As the confederate soldiers go home they are entering other war zones, places where there are active fighting. They need proof that they have surrender and have permission to go home to protect themselves from union troops and also confederate soldiers might pick them up as deserters soviet union army is going to print parole passes for the confederates. This is the pattern that they use, it is called a check pattern, i think you can see why. They are important for a few other things as well. General grant indicated that they could be used for transportation on Union Military railroads and ships. For a lot of the men who lived near working railroads or can get home by ship, the Union