Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (Caroline E. Janney - CH) school The Petersburg Regiment in the

The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown’s Hanging to Appomattox

When word spread that Lee planned to surrender

the author sets the camp experience in the broader context of social and political change

sold permits and pardons

Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox (Caroline E. Janney - CH) school The Petersburg Regiment in theEnds of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox By Caroline Janney The Army of Northern Virginias chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House. As the Confederates had pushed west at a relentless pace for nearly a week, thousands of wounded and exhausted men fell out of the ranks. When word spread that Lee planned to surrender, most remaining troops stacked their arms and accepted paroles allowing