General grants staff, there was a young captain named Robert Lincoln on his staff, and he, of course, was the son of president Abraham Lincoln, and he was here in the room. Another interesting participant in this ceremony was at least, maybe not participant, but a witness to this ceremony was this rag doll of lula mclean, youngest daughter of wilmer mclean. It was sitting on the couch when the officers came in, and they moved it to the mantel during the meeting. After the meeting, some of the officers took the doll off the mantel and began tossing it around. Captain thomas moore of general phillip sheridans staff took the doll home with him as a war souvenir. In the 1990s, the family wanted the doll to come back to Appomattox Court house, and it is now on display in the Park Visitors Center. The meeting lasted about an hour and a half. It was said to be a gentlemans agreement. General grant was very generous with the terms. In the end when general lee said he had nothing to feed his me
Really just sort of scratched the surface out here, and theres a lot more information potential with this site. Its very unique, particularly for this area, the midatlantic region. You dont typically see slavery being practiced on the scale that it was being practiced here at leramie taj. I think i mentioned that 90 slaves is roughly 10 times the number of enslaved individuals you would have expected to be living here. So thats an extremely unusual circumstance for this area. You know, like i said, they are about 20 x 34 feet. Thats just under 700 square feet of living space. If in fact there were only six structures total, one can assume there were somewhere between maybe as many as 12 or 15 People Living in each these dwelling houses which probably sounds like a lot, so i i would i would guess or assume that these may have been extended family units, for example, living together. Multiple generations of families. Like i say, these are pretty utilitarian, simple, expediently construct
Of the union army, and he blocked general lees line of retreat, thus general lee had to continue further west, searching for rations and hoping to get around grants army. The next place general lee could gather supplies was about three miles from us here at appomattox station. Supplies had been brought over from lynchburg to feed general lees army. Its everything the army really needed. Hundreds of thousands of rations, new uniforms, equipment, and thats where theyre heading for on april 8 after leaving Cumberland Church on the night of april 7. General lees advance is led by confederate reserve artillery under general Reuben Lindsey walker. They go to camp about a mile from appomattox station about two miles from here on the afternoon of april 8th. And general custers cavalry advances on that station and captures the supplies, then encounters general Reuben Lindsey walkerss general artillery and fight for about four hours the ballofp at mattox station. A very unique battle in the civi
West here and because that warm front position were going to keep a spotty shower in the forecast later today. Ultimately it will be dry so dont be surprised if you see a rain drop. Most of the day bursts of sun and cooler along the coast. 79 degrees for the lunch hour. That barbecue in the afternoon, late early evening, 82 degrees. Very pleasant. But we have a better chance for rain as that cold front approaches for sunday. The chance for a storm too. Ill have that hour by hour timing in j all right ,. Pamela, thank you so much. This morning its official, Rob Gronkowski is out for sundays patriots Season Opener. The star tight end just named one of the captains is dealing with a leg injury. Its another set back for a team already not playing with tom brady. Dan roach has more. Rob gronkowski doesnt usually play for the preseason so when he didnt suit up it big deal. His hamstring has not approved so he will miss the Season Opener against the cardinals tomorrow night. He hurt his hamst
There was an accident. Im totally numb. Im just numb. My whole body is just numb. Reporter charles and tina are trying to stay strong for their family. This is whats left of their daughters car, crushed, hit by a suspected dui driver last night on i680 near the Bollinger Canyon exit. The impact killed their 3year old grandson, elijah dunn. He was such a sweet, sweet little boy. And i cant help but picture his face when he kissed me goodbye yesterday with that smile and gave me a big, giant hug. Thats all that i have going in my head right now, not knowing that thats going to be the last time you see your baby. Im holding back my tears right now. My grandson would have been 4 in two weeks. Reporter instead of celebrating his birthday, theyre now planning his funeral. They share these facebook photos with us. They say their daughter, crystal, left their sunnyvale home to drive back to her san ramon house. Her three kids were in the car. Ran out of gas. She pulled all the way over to the