Place to meet, and eventually lee, babcock and dunn ride into the village to the mclean house. The next time the confederate soldiers see general lee, they learn theyve been surrendered. They mistakenly assume that the federal officer talking to lee under the apple tree was general grant. So they went over and started to cut the tree down for souvenirs. Before long, federal troops came over and asked the confederate soldiers why they were cutting down the tree, and he said this is the tree where general lee surrendered to general grant. The confederate soldiers said, i want part of that tree, too. They went to work getting souvenirs off that tree. That night all the roots had been dug up and there was nothing but a hole in the ground where the apple tree stood. Visitors will come through and bring pieces of the apple tree that their ancestors brought home to them, some of which have been donated to the park and on display here. It was removed when he wrote his memoirs. I think one of t
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
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His name is peter dixon. He represents the military order of the loyal legion of the United States. Which is responsible each year for the laying of reefs at the lincoln memorial. The Lincoln Group of d. C. Has been very proud to be one of the Many Organizations that pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln and we had that opportunity courtesy of the organizing efforts of peter dixon. [applause] our speaker tonight is Catherine Canavan author of lincolns final hours. In two what it was like to be in washington that terrible night. April 14, 1865. Theatereer at fords and ive had the opportunity to visit with the thousands of americans who come to fords theater. Buy isthe things you can her book. It is a pleasure to welcome her to talk to us this evening. Thanks to all of you. It is an honor to be here. Who is lincolns archives digital project has made so many records available to so many researchers who arent fortunate enough to live near the archives. Thousands of people witnessed what went on
World. And that is a legacy that she leaves. Overseas tour staff recently traveled to worcester, massachusetts, to learn about it rich history. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Coming up next, author Catherine Clinton details president lincolns wife mary. She considers how mary would have been remembered if she had died instead of her husband. Also talking about why the critics have labeled her crazy. Southern Methodist University center for president ial University Posted this event. It is not only an honor and a privilege to introduce tonight speaker, it is to me, a personal delight because she and i were classmates in princeton many years ago. Catherine clinton is the professor of American History at the university of texas at san antonio. She is also one of this countrys most distinguished historians of american women, the south, and the civil war. She is a proud daughter of kansas city, missouri, and she studied as an undergraduate at harv