August
17
Ep. 0167: Endgame: The Not-So-Civil War Part 13
In the Spring of 1865, the Confederate military & government began to rapidly crumble.
Join CJ as he discusses:
- The Battle of Natural Bridge
- The fate of John Bell Hood’s command, including the disastrous Battles of Franklin & Nashville
- The Confederates’ partial emancipation program, passed far too late to matter to the course of the war
- The Hampton Roads Conference
- Sherman’s march through South Carolina, including the destruction of Columbia
- Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, probably his second-most quoted speech after the Gettysburg Address
- The fall of Richmond
- The surrender of R.E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House
- The assassination of Lincoln
- The surrender of other Confederate forces
- Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, the last Confederate Army commander to surrender
- The capture of Jefferson Davis
- The ratification of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution
- President Andrew Johnson’s declaration of ‘mission accomplished’ in 1866
- A very brief word on Reconstruction
And be sure to tune in next time for an in-depth examination of different interpretations of the legacy & meaning of this war!
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Internal Links
- DHP Ep. 0131: Opening Gambits; The Not-So-Civil War Part 1
- DHP Ep. 0106: A History of American Slavery Part VII: The End of Chattel Slavery
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