General grant, effectively ening the civil war. Well be live this afternoon for the next three hours as the commemoration continues today with reenactments of the gun stackings that took place on this day in 1865, when more than 22,000 general lees infantry troops turned over their weapons and battle flags. Also, later in our program, youll hear remarks from historian david bliegt who talks about the legacy of appomattox here at the park. Bru, first, we joined by the two men who played a starring role in thursdays ceremony, the surrender ceremony that you just saw here. We want to invite you to be part of the conversation. Glld what were you thinking as general lee rode away . Sadness. I felt for the confederate soldier. I knew they were suffering with the surrender after they had fought so hard for four long years. I felt the most climatic, the silence, no guns, no shouts, no battle songs. The silence was a sound that we had not heard for four years. And it occurred to me. General, yo
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our next speaker is gary eichelberger burger. he s going to be talking about the battle atlanta. gary has authored several books co-written others and has published over dozen monographs, essays and articles about 19th century events and personalities. his past years have been focused primarily upon the 1864 atlantic campaign, with two battle books and a biography of major general john blackjack logan. his work the day dixie died, the battle of atlanta is the only book length treatment to date dedicated to the great battle of july 22nd, 1864, and won the albert castille award for the western theater history. let s give gary a warm welcome welcome. i timed myself. all right. can hear in the back now. all right, good. they fixed the mic. let me check out a couple of things here before we get started. all right. so the topic of of lopsided victories and stunning defeats, this is a battle which that s not going to be readily apparent in the immediate aftermath of the battle. so
our next speaker is gary eichelberger burger. he s going to be talking about the battle atlanta. gary has authored several books co-written others and has published over dozen monographs, essays and articles about 19th century events and personalities. his past years have been focused primarily upon the 1864 atlantic campaign, with two battle books and a biography of major general john blackjack logan. his work the day dixie died, the battle of atlanta is the only book length treatment to date dedicated to the great battle of july 22nd, 1864, and won the albert castille award for the western theater history. let s give gary a warm welcome welcome. i timed myself. all right. can hear in the back now. all right, good. they fixed the mic. let me check out a couple of things here before we get started. all right. so the topic of of lopsided victories and stunning defeats, this is a battle which that s not going to be readily apparent in the immediate aftermath of the battle. so i