Last Day of the Civil War | Appomattox Court House

[@jhsams1977]

Thank you for this video much appreciated

[@WalkwithHistory]

You are very welcome 😊

[@seanwiley558]

Great work as always to you both! Can Do!

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for watching and all the support.

[@kyleking63]

Loved the video. This is a bucket list for me too.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for watching.

[@mydaddysgreeneyes]

All that information means so much more with the visuals. What a beautiful area. It must have been quite a site to have all those soldiers there that day. I had ancestors fighting on both sides so seeing this means a lot to me. Thank you!

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for watching and all your support.

[@TribeTaz]

Very cool video. Thank you for sharing

[@WalkwithHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@LarryHatch]

Most historians still say the largest troop surrender in Durham NC at Bennett Place was the real end. Many history professors and civil war historians will back me on this. There were minor conflicts in SC and GA after this but Sherman offered the terms to President Johnson that are based on the Durham negotiation.

[@craigdavis6534]

Just like a North Carolinian again trying to take from Virginia that which isn’t theirs.

[@WalkwithHistory]

There are other turning points and moments that took the wind out the sails of the South but this is the location of official surrender. Thank you for the information though. I will check it out.

[@ablewindsor1459]

​@@craigdavis6534 Cheers 🥂🥂🥂😆

[@LarryHatch]

Give us back the water Virginia is siphoning out of NC lakes because you bribed some weak-kneed politicians for a long-term deal. No-bod-eeeeeee in historical circles or academia has heard of the VA surrender theory. It's more fodder for your roadside signs. Virginia is for Liars.

[@rickwiles8835]

A lot of places lay claim to the location of the end of the Civil War, but I agree Appomattox was not where the war ended officially. The Battle of Fort Blakely near Mobile, Alabama was raging when Grant and Lee were signing papers. It wasn't a small skirmish, there were 20K in the fight, resulting in 3500+ casualties. Yes, Bennett Place and the surrender on 26 April, of 90K Confederate troops was the largest surrender of the war. However, people where I live like to count the surrender of 9K troops at Citronelle, Alabama on 6 May as the end of the war.. Some say the war ended in Liverpool, England. The Confederate ship Shenandoah was under orders to destroy the union whaling fleet, and continued north through the Pacific Ocean, into the Sea of Okhotsk, and settled in the Bering Sea in mid-June. Wadell was under orders to destroy the whaling fleets of New England, and the Shenandoah now focused on Yankee whalers. Because the ship's crew were still unaware that the war had ended, the Shenandoah went to work disrupting Union vessels in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. By August of 1865, the Shenandoah had captured or destroyed 38 ships, including whalers and merchant vessels. Waddell set sail for England after learning from a British ship that the war was over. The last Confederate surrender occurred on November 6, 1865, when the Shenandoah arrived in Liverpool. The only Confederate vessel to circumnavigate the globe was surrendered by letter to the British prime minister, Lord John Russell. But the actual end of the war was on August 20, 1866 in Washington DC, where President Johnson issued a proclamation announcing the end of the American Civil War: "And I do further proclaim that the said insurrection is at an end and that peace, order, tranquility, and civil authority now exists in and throughout the whole of the United States of America."

[@gregdiamond6023]

This was really cool! The only pics I had seen of the McLean house were old period b&w. They didn’t do it justice. Much appreciated video from a Cw buff.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for watching from one CW Buff to another!!!

[@GpaEric5931]

To know that the table where the American Civil War surrender was signed is still around to be seems to me that’s a phenomenal piece of history. TY Jenn. Cheers y’all.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for watching and all the support.

[@ablewindsor1459]

Southerners tend to keep items of History........

[@ablewindsor1459]

Thanks for adding Chapters.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Of course. Scott tries to do that everytime. Thank you for all your support.

[@ProjectPast1565]

Enjoyed this one. Brings back a lot of memories on my trip to Appomattox.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Such a great spot! So happy we finally made it out there...as you know, it's a must do. 😊

[@ProjectPast1565]

@@WalkwithHistory no doubt. They’ve done a great job preserving that area.

[@williambechmann6547]

Did you visit the American Civil War Museum in Appomattox, Jen? I have visited this site 4 times and I learn something new on each visit. Awesome video!!!

[@WalkwithHistory]

I saw it as we drove by. We did not have the time this trip but we will put it on the list. Thank you for the support. We truly appreciate it.

[@ChristinaCalhoun]

Jenn ty for this video I learned little something from it, I subscribed to the history news letter and as before from one Navy vet to another TY I salute you for everything you did and bring foreth to us via thses history videos

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you!! 😁

[@ChristinaCalhoun]

@@WalkwithHistory your very welcome Maam this video you shared about the surrender of General Lee to General Grant was very informational. I love History and I am looking sometime next year to take a trip to Dearborn Mi where Henry Ford Museum ist, there is so much history there at the museum and the greenfield village next to the museum I would suggest that you @walk with history go there and do few videos there

[@WalkwithHistory]

@@ChristinaCalhoun That's a great idea! We'll add that to our ever-growing list. We love to hear that our community also gets out there to see and experience history. 😁

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Actually the there remained in the field until at least May. There were at least Johnston who surrendered near Dunn Benston area of NC to name one off the top of my head

[@WalkwithHistory]

Yes, there were other parts of the armies that surrendered later since communications couldn't be instantaneous like today...but it's always neat to visit the official location where the civil war ended. 😊

[@jasonkeener2442]

My great,great,great granddaddy was part of Lee's 30,000. It really interesting to see this. Thank you.

[@WalkwithHistory]

What a cool tie to history! Thank you for sharing and thanks for watching 😊

[@jasonkeener2442]

@@WalkwithHistory my aunt looked up alot of are family history. She actually made a think book as a Christmas present for all of the family. It was very interesting learning about where my family come from. Everyone should do it.

[@anthonypelekakis845]

Me and my wife enjoy your History videos so very much. Thank You very much (BZ)

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you. We really enjoy doing them. Your comment means a lot to us.

[@rickwiles8835]

Another great video, McLean, is often credited with this statement: “The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor.” Even if he never said those exact words, the story behind the statement is absolutely true! I’m sure that little fact made its way into Ripley’s Believe it or Not, newspaper column more than once. But for me personally, the fact the McLean House came close to being left to rot is the most amazing fact of all. Thank God for the National Park Service.

[@WalkwithHistory]

You are so right the National Park Service saved this artifact. It was an awesome place to visit. Thank you for all the support.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Would you visit Appomattox Court House?

[@timsoyars1652]

I’m from the nearby Lynchburg area. I have visited Appomattox many times and still feel in awe being in the place where our nation reunited.

[@TribeTaz]

YES

[@31Alden]

In a heartbeat …

[@craigdavis6534]

Grandson and I live near Richmond. We constantly go visit civil war sites. If I may make a suggestion’s treger iron works is really nice. Also cold harbor battle field and Beaver Dam are both worth looking into.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you, we will check them out.

[@latashafrazier9038]

If you're ever bkk in Mississippi my home state visit Vicksburg National Military Park you won't be disappointed. I have watched every video and listen to your podcast daily. They get me through my work day at work. I'm a history junkie😅 especially the cival war soo learning and reading new things daily are a plus and a must. Keep up the good work 😊

[@WalkwithHistory]

Oh my goodness thank you so much! You are too kind. Thank you for the support. 😁❤️

[@timsoyars1652]

Okay. To people not from Virginia, this may not make sense. In Virginia, incorporated towns are part of the county. May times, as in Appomattox’s case, they are the county seat. Cities, however, are totally independent of any county government, having their own. Examples would be Lynchburg, which sets on the edges of Campbell, Amherst, and Bedford Counties. It is not part of any of them. Charlottesville sits right in the middle of Albermarle County, but is not part of it. Virginia is the only state where this is the case. Other states have independent cites, but not all cites in that state. An example would be Baltimore, which is the only independent city in Maryland.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for explaining it. It is confusing for someone who does not realize the town is named after the courthouse (county seat).

[@virginiawolfe2581]

That was the 'official' end of the Civil War. The actual last surrender happened in England.

[@sheilatruax6172]

I'm still wishing it was a truce, not a surrender. Custer got his just deserts at the Battle of Little/Big Horn. My mom's side of the family, jokingly, called Ulysses Useless. They didn't feel that he was any good as a President. Well, he was a drunkard, what do you expect. The Emancipation should have taken place decades earlier. "All men are created equal".

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@31Alden]

So, I am confused. The surrender tables and chairs are not original? The wide white stairs leading to the McLean house are not the original stairs??? If not original, where are the original pieces of furniture?

[@WalkwithHistory]

The table and chairs are at the Smithsonian. I have videos from there. The house was rebuilt after it was all taken down. They used as much as the original material as was available but souvenir hunters took a lot of bricks and wood throughout the years before it was rebuilt.

[@31Alden]

@ Thank you for clarifying and thank you for your service. Happy Thanksgiving. I will look for your Smithsonian video as I am one of those sticklers for authenticity!

[@DonLuc23]

I like your talks, but, the music in this one makes it all but impossible for me to understand. I have a problem with syllables, and the strumming and your voice are very similar in pitch, thus the syllables get lost and I can't understand any of your words.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for the feedback. We will keep that in mind for future videos 😊

[@DonLuc23]

@@WalkwithHistory Thank you