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Vor 2 Tagen · On July 18, 1885, Grant finished his memoir, which includes the events of his life to the end of the Civil War. The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant was a critical and commercial success. Julia Grant eventually received about $450,000 in royalties (equivalent to $15,300,000 in 2023).
24. Mai 2024 · Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia —the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in 1865, earning a ...
Vor 3 Tagen · In 2015, the Trust made one of its most important and expensive acquisitions, paying $6 million for a four-acre (1.6 ha) parcel that included the stone house that Confederate General Robert E. Lee used as his headquarters during the battle. The Trust razed a motel, restaurant and other buildings within the parcel to restore Lee's headquarters and the site to their wartime appearance, adding ...
22. Mai 2024 · Book: Civil War Memories: Contesting the Past in the United States Since 1865. Robert J. Cook. Baltimore, MD, John Hopkins University Press, 2017, ISBN: 9781421423494; 288pp.; Price: £18.50. Reviewer: Jack Noe. University of Leeds. Citation:
23. Mai 2024 · Similarly, the Arkansas estate of James Ricks, appraised in 1860, with its listing of shovels and spades immediately followed by “1 Negro Boy Henry,” allows us to see what the Civil War was really about. Lemmen spent the bulk of his collection on letters from soldiers, Lincoln-adjacent paperwork, and patriotic stationery. But every once in a while, his collection shares with us the grief ...
10. Mai 2024 · Biography of Robert E. Lee, Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and later all Southern armies during the American Civil War (1861–65). The Army of Northern Virginia was the most successful of the Southern armies. Lee became an enduring symbol for the people of the American South.
21. Mai 2024 · This treasure trove of original documents – many never-before published – creates a uniquely personal, day-by-day eyewitness account of the monumental collision at Gettysburg, in the words of the commanders, soldiers, politicians, and civilians from both the North and the South who experienced firsthand the changing course of the ...
