Appomattox : victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the Civil War / / Elizabeth R. Varon.
"Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House evokes a highly gratifying image in the popular mind-it was, many believe, a moment that transcended politics, a moment of healing, a moment of patriotism untainted by ideology. But as Elizabeth Varon reveals in this vividly narrated hist...
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Varon, Elizabeth R., 1963- Appomattox [electronic resource] : victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the Civil War / Elizabeth R. Varon. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. viii, 305 p. : ill., map. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: -- Prologue -- Part One: Battlefront -- Ch 1 No Escape -- Ch 2 Councils of War -- Ch 3 The Surrender Conference -- Ch 4 Rank-and-File -- Part Two: Homefront -- Ch 5: Tidings of Peace -- Ch 6: Victory and Mourning -- Ch 7: Defeat and Liberation -- Part Three: Aftermath -- Ch 8: The Trials of Robert E. Lee -- Ch 9: The Education of U.S. Grant -- Epilogue: The Apple Tree -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. "Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House evokes a highly gratifying image in the popular mind-it was, many believe, a moment that transcended politics, a moment of healing, a moment of patriotism untainted by ideology. But as Elizabeth Varon reveals in this vividly narrated history, this rosy image conceals a seething debate over precisely what the surrender meant and what kind of nation would emerge from war. The combatants in that debate included the iconic Lee and Grant, but they also included a cast of characters previously overlooked, who brought their own understanding of the war's causes, consequences, and meaning. In Appomattox, Varon deftly captures the events swirling around that well remembered-but not well understood-moment when the Civil War ended. She expertly depicts the final battles in Virginia, when Grant's troops surrounded Lee's half-starved army, the meeting of the generals at the McLean House, and the shocked reaction as news of the surrender spread like an electric charge throughout the nation. But as Varon shows, the ink had hardly dried before both sides launched a bitter debate over the meaning of the war. For Grant, and for most in the North, the Union victory was one of right over wrong, a vindication of free society; for many African Americans, the surrender marked the dawn of freedom itself. Lee, in contrast, believed that the Union victory was one of might over right: the vast impersonal Northern war machine had worn down a valorous and unbowed South. Lee was committed to peace, but committed, too, to the restoration of the South's political power within the Union and the perpetuation of white supremacy.Lee's vision of the war resonated broadly among Confederates and conservative northerners, and inspired Southern resistance to reconstruction. Did America's best days lie in the past or in the future? For Lee, it was the past, the era of the founding generation. For Grant, it was the future, represented by Northern industry and material progress. They held, in the end, two opposite views of the direction of the country-and of the meaning of the war that had changed that country forever"-- Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Appomattox Campaign, 1865. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Peace. Electronic books. ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=1364051 Click to View |
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