April 9, 1865

APPOMATTOX, Virginia

Appamattox Court House, Robert E. Lee, Politics, Civil War

 In a riveting interview with southern Journalist J.H. Hummel, General Robert Edward Lee reflects on the Civil War and his role in helping heal the wounds between North and South in an attempt to mend the shattered Union.  In Lee’s own words he spoke of the South’s role in re-entering the Union, “What course I shall pursue I have not decided upon, and each man must be the judge of his own...