To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the ... - Robert M. Dunkerly - Google Books

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Across the Confederacy, determination remained high through the winter of 1864 into the new year. Yet ominous signs were everywhere. The peace conference had failed. Large areas were overrun, the armies could not stop Union advances, the economy was in…