Today, four years to the day after the war began with the South’s assault upon Fort Sumter, the formal surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia takes place. The Federals await at Appomattox Court House as the Confederates break camp for the last time early this morning and march up the Richmond-Lynchburg Road to lay…
Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the Union noose tightening around his forces west of Richmond, is desperately searching for a way forward for the remnants of his once mighty Army of Northern Virginia. Supplies are critical if the Confederate army is to live to fight another day. Ammunition, medical supplies and food: all are needed,…
For ten months the Federals have laid siege to Petersburg, facing off against Confederate General Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia. The trenches are all that separate Union forces from the Confederate capital of Richmond, with the siege lines now stretching northward some 25 miles to the edge of Richmond. Defending Confederate forces are…