Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (Caroline E. Janney - CH) school Hegeman with Kevin Lavery (Contributor)

Hegeman with Kevin Lavery (Contributor)

the author sets the camp experience in the broader context of social and political change

he thinks of the time when the battles will be over and when he can treat only blisters and boils

When word spread that Lee planned to surrender

and a new appendix refuting claims that Stuart’s actions on East Cavalry Field were intended to be coordinated with the Pickett/Pettigrew/Trimble attack on the Union center on the main battlefield

Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (Caroline E. Janney - CH) school Hegeman with Kevin Lavery (Contributor)Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox By Caroline Janney The Army of Northern Virginias chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House. As the Confederates had pushed west at a relentless pace for nearly a week, thousands of wounded and exhausted men fell out of the ranks. When word spread that Lee planned to surrender, most remaining troops stacked their arms and accepted paroles allowing