The American Civil War (Part V): A Nation Born of Blood




The Monday American: American History Podcast show

Summary: The full realization of the Confederate States of America that the war cannot be won sets in. General Ulysses S. Grant moves into Richmond, VA and occupies the recently abandoned Confederate governmental headquarters. Robert E. Lee takes his men on a "march from hell" only to realize the only option is surrender; which he does on April 9, 1865. When everything seems to be coming together, the nation loses Abraham Lincoln to an assassins bullet. Altering the course of the new nation forever...