Lee's Army After Appomattox

A lecture and discussion with Dr. Caroline Janney about her book, Ends of War: Lee's Army After Appomattox. In this dramatic new history of the weeks and months after Appomattox, Janney reveals that Lee’s surrender to Grant was less an ending than the start of a period marked by military and political uncertainty, legal and logistical confusion, and continued outbursts of violence. Following the story of Confederate soldiers, Union officers, and both white and Black civilians, she explores the messy birth narrative of the Lost Cause.