what came after, after the union s victory, which is the successful effort by those same confederate forces to win back white supremacy in the south and to win back the story of their own know built. and those victories are marked with statues to the confederacy like this one of robert e. lee erected in the former capital of the confederacy in richmond, virginia, in 1890, 25 years after lee s surrender at appomattox. after the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments which made slavery unlawful and unconstitutional and gave men of any color the right to vote and full citizenship. and after the union victory, there was a hope born for people like frederick douglas and thaddeus stevens and harriet tubman of a true multi-racial democracy enshrined in those civil war amendments with people
the brutal war envisioned by william sherman is nearing its end, and his path of destruction paves the way for america s healing. i carry a message from general grant. general lee has surrendered the army of northern virginia! [ cheers ] lee s surrender at appomattox is considered by many to be the official end of the civil war. though several rebel armies continued fighting in the west, for his role in the conflict, many in the south will vilify william tecumseh sherman as a monster and a terrorist, but it cannot be denied that his war tactics helped bring a speedy surrender, likely saving tens of thousands of lives. in many ways, the civil war is a rebirth of our nation. the america that emerges in 1865 is different economically,
the brutal war envisioned by william sherman is nearing its end, and his path of destruction paves the way for america s healing. i carry a message from general grant. general lee has surrendered the army of northern virginia! [ cheers ] lee s surrender at appomattox is considered by many to be the official end of the civil war. though several rebel armies continued fighting in the west, for his role in the conflict, many in the south will vilify william tecumseh sherman as a monster and a terrorist, but it cannot be denied that his war tactics helped bring a speedy surrender, likely saving tens of thousands of lives. in many ways, the civil war is a rebirth of our nation. the america that emerges in 1865 is different economically,