Gray-clad men furl their battle flags under gray skies at Appomattox Court House. Most of the roughly 28,000 Confederates there laid down their arms during a ceremony on April 12, 1865. Others simply walked away. (West Point Museum)
Gray-clad men furl their battle flags under gray skies at Appomattox Court House. Most of the roughly 28,000 Confederates there laid down their arms during a ceremony on April 12, 1865. Others simply walked away. (West Point Museum)