Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (Caroline E. Janney - CH) Atkinson September 2 - 20

September 2 - 20

yet died before his twenty-second birthday

with the remainder of his command routed from the battlefield

the Los Angeles Times

In Johnston

Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (Caroline E. Janney - CH) Atkinson September 2 - 20Ends 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