Not to be Disturbed by United States Authority or Anyone Else for that Matter; The Sin's of Our Fathers.
ON APRIL 9, 1865, NEAR THE TOWN OF APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE VIRGINIA, CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERED HIS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO UNION GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT. DAYS EARLIER, LEE HAD ABANDONED THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL OF RICHMOND AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG; HIS GOAL WAS TO RALLY THE REMNANTS OF HIS BELEAGUERED TROOPS, MEET CONFEDERATE REINFORCEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND RESUME FIGHTING. BUT THE RESULTING BATTLE OF APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, WHICH LASTED ONLY A FEW HOURS, EFFECTIVELY BROUGHT THE FOUR-YEAR CIVIL WAR TO AN END. LEE AND GRANT, BOTH OF WHOM HELD THE HIGHEST RANK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ARMIES, HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER SLIGHTLY DURING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR (1846-48) AND BEGAN THEIR DIALOGUE BY EXCHANGING AWKWARD PERSONAL INQUIRIES. CHARACTERISTICALLY, GRANT HAD ARRIVED IN HIS MUD-SPLATTERED FIELD UNIFORM WHILE LEE HAD TURNED OUT IN FULL DRESS ATTIRE, COMPLETE WITH SASH AND SWORD. ref https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox...