Grant, Ulysses

When Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in the parlor of a modest house at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, to work out the terms for the surrender of Lee s Army of Northern Virginia, a great chapter in American life came to a close, and a great new chapter began. 

Gratitude is expressed to James J. Morgan for providing the inspiration to use the quotation from Joyce s Ulysses and to Laurent Charlet for providing preprints of references 48, 49, and 62. Thanks also to two anonymous referees for helpful criticism and to Terri DeLuca for her excellent typing of the manuscript. The preparation of this review was supported in part by NSF Grant No. EAR-9206052. 

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Confederate General Robert E Lee snrrendered to Union General Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, thus ending what still remains one of the bloodier wars in world history. The American Civil War has been described as one of the first Indnstrial Wars, a precnrsor for the even bloodier affairs in the... 

Problem 7-7 (Level 1) In the hindsight of history, it was clear that the war had entered its final phase. The Confederate Army, under Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army, under Ulysses S. Grant, had fought two bloody battles in the spring of 1864, the first in the Wilderness and the second at Spotsylvania Court House. Grant broke off the battle at Spotsylvania and attempted to move around Lee s right flank. Lee anticipated the move and withdrew to a position near Hanover Junction, on the North Anna River, about 20 miles north of Richmond, Virginia. 

Yellowstone was designated as a national park under federal legislation because the administrative imits in which it is located, Wyoming and Montana, had not yet received statehood. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the act in 1872 and some 2 million acres were dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-groimd for the benefit and enjoyment of the people . Control of the park was placed in the hands of the Secretary of State for the Interior and thus the federal system of national parks was bom. Today there are 388 national parks, some of which are monuments or historic sites rather than tme parks they are administered by the National... 

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