April 9, 1865 -- General Lee surrenders at Appomattox, Virginia.

Grant and Longstreet after the surrender of Appomattox

They missed each other so they played brag

Happy Appomattox Day everyone! Today is the day in 1865 when the Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the United States Civil War, and we can all be thankful that conflict did not go the other way.

On the occasion of this event, I thought I'd leave you with Grant's reflections upon Lee in that moment:

"I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse."

Also, given the more than a century that Grant has been slandered as nothing more than a boor or a drunk by the Lost Cause movement that seeks to rehabilitate the Confederacy, I thought I'd also share General William Tecumseh Sherman's comparison of himself to Grant and why Grant, ultimately, was the better general:

"I am a damned sight smarter man than Grant; I know a great deal more about war, military history, strategy, and grand tactics than he does; I know more about organization, supply, and administration and about everything else than he does; but I’ll tell you where he beats me and where he beats the world. He don’t care a damn for what the enemy does out of his sight, but it scares me like hell!"

happy appomattox anniversary! your friendly reminder that the confederacy sucked shit in every aspect of existence and the only positive of its existence is that it polarized the united states into passing the 13th amendment.

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US 1965 5¢ Appomattox, 1865

The Appomattox Court House cultural landscape marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following four years of Civil War. This is the site of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant in April, 1865. (x)

It’s fucking Appomattox Day, motherfuckers. Treason rewarded with sound and humiliating defeat. The confederacy ate shit after its leaders cemented their places in hell. Fuck the confederacy. Fuck slavery. Today is a great day.

Appomattox County

At the conclusion of the Civil War, our nation famously reunited in south central Virginia’s Appomattox County. Fun fact: The name Appomattox comes from the Appamatuck tribe who lived in the area. We spent a long weekend exploring Appomattox County. We rated our impressions below. Ratings are based on diversity and quality of each category. We rated the Restaurants and Dog Friendly categories…

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August: Day 27

Adventures

Went to a parade

Watched a butterfly land unexpectedly on my leg

Went to a church bazaar at my sister's parish

Ate a handmade doughnut fresh from the fryer

Got three books at the book sale

After-dark drive down a country road

Writing

Vague daydreaming about possibilities for original stories

USA 1997

someone needs to crawl into my brain and make amvs of my ocs for me.