To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confeder

Yet ominous signs were everywhere. The peace conference had failed. No one knew what the future held, but uncertainty. There would be no single surrender or treaty that brought the war to an end. Each surrender-starting at Appomattox and continuing through Greensboro, Citronelle, and the Trans Mississippi-unfolded on its own course.

To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confeder

Yet ominous signs were everywhere. The peace conference had failed. No one knew what the future held, but uncertainty. There would be no single surrender or treaty that brought the war to an end. Each surrender-starting at Appomattox and continuing through Greensboro, Citronelle, and the Trans Mississippi-unfolded on its own course.

To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confeder

Yet ominous signs were everywhere. The peace conference had failed. No one knew what the future held, but uncertainty. There would be no single surrender or treaty that brought the war to an end. Each surrender-starting at Appomattox and continuing through Greensboro, Citronelle, and the Trans Mississippi-unfolded on its own course.