Synopsis

The narrative opens with William Tecumseh Sherman’s masterful advance, carrying the war deep into Georgia and the Carolinas and effectively sealing the Confederacy's fate. In March, coinciding with Lincoln’s second inauguration, Petersburg succumbs first, then Richmond falls to Grant’s relentless army. Lee’s depleted Army of Northern Virginia retreats westward, seeking refuge near a small, unremarkable crossroads town known as Appomattox Court House. It is there that the poignant and momentous s