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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CircCam, post: 3496596, member: 85675&quot;]<b><font face="Arial"><font size="5">1865</font></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]926331[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After just over four years of bloodshed, General-in-Chief Robert E. Lee met Lieutenant-General General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia in the early afternoon of April 9th, 1865.&nbsp; They had met during the Mexican War, and discussed those days for nearly half an hour before Lee suggested they address the matter at hand. The terms for surrender were as agreeable as Lee could hope for; his men would not be imprisoned or prosecuted for treason. Officers were allowed to keep their sidearms, horses, and personal baggage.&nbsp; While other Confederate troops would officially surrender in the days and months to come, the Union terms were accepted by Lee, effectively ending the American Civil War.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]926266[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In a war that was marked by such divisiveness and bitter fighting, it is remarkable that it closed so simply.&nbsp; However, relief that it was over turned to disbelief when President Abraham Lincoln was shot a mere five days later on Good Friday, April 14th, 1865 at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. He died the following day, becoming the first US President to be assassinated while in office.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]926294[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926296[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of 1865 brought the post-war period of the Reconstruction Era in rebuilding the war-torn South, though differing and controversial views about the path forward lead to continued social conflict in the years to come.&nbsp; Despite these challenges, the states were once again and remained united.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]926326[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">(36 Star Flag - July 4th, 1865) </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>The last verified combat veterans of the Union and Confederate forces lived to see Allied victory in World War II and passed in 1953 and 1951, respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p>___________________________</p><p><br /></p><p>GTG:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]926330[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]926328[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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