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retribution. lincoln wants to win the peace as well as win the war. right after appomattox, lincoln appears at the window of the white house and accepts the applause of well wishers. crowds are gathered around the white house. there are bands playing. there s jubilation everywhere. and lincoln says, let s hear dixie. someone in the audience says, dixie? that s a confederate song. he says, no, we won it fair and square. it s the spoils of war. let s have the music. tad even waves a confederate flag that he brought back from the front. the war was over, but what was the political fallout of that? congress approved the 13th amendment. black people are not leaving the country, and so what is their fate going to be as americans? on april 9th, 1865, robert e. lee s surrender effectively brings the civil war to an end. in the four years of brutal violence, nearly 800,000 americans lost their lives. despite the relief and celebration victory brings, the country
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