Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army After Appomattox Janney Caroline E.
Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army After Appomattox Janney Caroline E. The Army of Northern Virginia's chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House.…
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Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army After Appomattox Janney Caroline E.
The Army of Northern Virginia's chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House. When word spread that Lee planned to surrender, most remaining troops stacked their arms and accepted paroles allowing them to return home, even as they lamented the loss of their country and cause. 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.
Fearing a guerrilla war, Grant extended the generous Appomattox terms to every rebel who would surrender himself. But others broke south and west, hoping to continue the fight. Provost marshals fanned out across Virginia and beyond, seeking nearly 18,000 of Lee's men who had yet to surrender.
But the shock of Lincoln's assassination led Northern authorities to see threats of new rebellion in every rail depot and harbor where Confederates