This very moving article by American Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, writer, and journalist Virginius Dabney, published 90 years after the signing of the surrender documents of General Lee after the Battle of Appomattox Court House, describes the events surrounding one of the last battles in the American Civil War. The signing itself occurred at McLean House near the Appomattox County seat; and that historical area was designated as a National Park. I transcribed the article in Anniversary Gregg for the blog.
Attachment: appomattox-epic-surrender.pdf