Lee and Grant at Appomattox
- ISBN-10
- 1627889787
- ISBN-13
- 9781627889780
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-10-01
- Publisher
- Young Voyageur
- Author
- MacKinlay Kantor
Description
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Andersonville comes the story of an unforgettable moment in American history: the historic meeting between General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant that led to the surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia--and ultimately to the end of the Civil War. MacKinlay Kantor's book for young readers captures all the emotions and drama of those few days in April 1865: Lee's mingled sorrow and relief, Grant's generosity toward his late opponent and the nearly starving Confederate soldiers; and the two commanders' negotiation of surrender terms intended to help heal the wounds of more than four years of the most violent conflict in American history.
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