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of the union army, and he blocked general lee s line of retreat, thus general lee had to continue further west, searching for rations and hoping to get around grant s 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 lee s army. it s everything the army really needed. hundreds of thousands of rations, new uniforms, equipment, and that s where they re heading for on april 8 after leaving cumberland church on the night of april 7. general lee s 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 custer s cavalry advances on that station and captures the supplies, then encounters general reuben lindsey walkers s general artillery and fight for about four hours the ball-of-p at mattox station. a ver ....
general grant s 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 sheridan s 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 gentleman s agreement. general grant was very generous with the terms. in the end when general lee said he had n ....
she will ship out to fort benning on friday. so, that is it. see her say goodbye to civilian life for little while. and then we have here a u of l alum also with a masters from the can school of social work. she came to google as a refugee as well with her family in 1994. without further do, please welcome our two moderators. i am looking forward to an exciting evening. [applause] thank you, daniel, and the university of louisville for sponsoring tonight s fantastic row graham. can you guys hear me ok? ok, good. ladies and gentlemen, my name is dd and my college right here is cal. like the professor said, we are not related, it s a common last name. moving voices, it is our mission to bring more attention to the south vietnamese perspective. we want people to know that south vietnam fought bravely and risked everything for freedom. unfortunately, it s often a perspective that is overlooked in our public discussion about vietnam war. we are so thrilled tonight to have ....
presidents lived in group homes. this house is an important part of and development antebellum and the civil war history. aside from this being the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boardinghouse life in washington. i have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. i started coming here in 1986 when i joined to the reagan administration and i have been coming here for years. and i am very excited that there is going to be a big commemoration for abraham lincoln because in past years i am usually here alone. no one comes to the house on the night of the assassination. no one comes to honor lincoln. i might find one or two people when i sit on the steps of the petersen house and contemplate what happened. couple of years ago, the parks service almost arrested me sitting on the steps because the guard accused me of being a homeless loiterer, and i tried to convince them that i had written books and set on the the se ....
immigrant to america, william petersen, and he used the house as a boardinghouse. up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. this is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. once upon a time, everybody lived in boardinghouses, congressmen, senators, even vice presidents lived in group homes. this house is an important part of antebellum and the civil war washington d.c. history. , aside from this being the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boardinghouse life in washington, d.c. i have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. i started coming here in 1986 when i joined the reagan administration and i have been coming here for years. and i am very excited that there this year there is going to be a big commemoration for abraham lincoln because in past years i am usually here alone. no one comes to the house on the night of the assassination. no one comes to honor lincoln. i might find one or two pe ....