In the United States army and traveling home. Going away. Going back to where you came from. John julie was one of the soldiers who did not surrender. He went with the confederate government when Jefferson Davis evacuated richmond and headed west. Along the way, as he escaped into the carolinas, he was seeing a lot of signs the war was coming to a horrific conclusion. , abandonedong fences muskets of struggling soldiers. Some were broken, that other barrels of others, bent, and choked with mud. The cartridges landsat confusion along the road. Heart seemed slow, for here lies unmistakable evidence of a set of determination. A shameless indifference as to whether the world knows it or not. Professor miller the lecture today will examine particularly the transition that confederate veterans will go through as they go from soldier back to civilian. We will look at a few particular things. The hardships they pay they faced. The limited assistance they found, particularly as they were dealin
Their money towards large monuments and proconfederate. Propaganda his class is about 50 minutes. Professor miller april the 12th, 1865, was the surrender date. Robert e. Lee, Ulysses Grant had signed the official document a few days earlier. On that day, the confederate Soldiers Left in the army in Northern Virginia went on this long process of walking up, turning over the regimental flag. Packing their guns. You can imagine that gun was part of your identity for the last few years of the war, now being turned over to the victors in the United States army and traveling home. Going away. Going back to where you came from. John julie was one of the soldiers who did not surrender. He went with the confederate government when Jefferson Davis evacuated richmond and headed west. Along the way, as he escaped into the carolinas, he was seeing a lot of signs the war was coming to a horrific conclusion. He wrote along fences, abandoned muskets of struggling soldiers. Some were broken, that othe