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Witness to Appomattox
Author: Richard Wheeler
Narrator: Joe Barrett
Unabridged: 7 hr 21 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 11/07/2011
Synopsis
Noted Civil War historian Richard Wheeler brings this narrative to life with haunting images of the final days of the Civil War: President Lincoln walking through the streets of Richmond, drawing an admiring crowd of blacks; Confederate and Union troops gathering in the fields around Appomattox Court House, mingling with former foes, experiencing disbelief, bitterness, relief. Drawing from numerous eyewitness descriptions, Wheeler effectively recreates a moment of the Civil War that is perhaps unequalled in sheer emotion. This account is as much a tribute to Confederate courage as it is a record of the final triumph of the Union cause.