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Goal: I will read to examine the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
Target: HIS.02: “3” Examine factors that motivated the military and economic expansion in American History. (CAS: 8.1.2.c) (SS.08.812.03) (DOK 2, Understand)
QUESTIONS FROM THE VIDEO:
QUESTIONS FROM THE VIDEO:
- Describe the position of the Army of the James and the Army of Northern Virginia on April 8, 1865. Which army had the better position? Why do you think General Ulysses S. Grant sent a note to General Robert E. Lee the day before?
- Summarize the details of the formal meeting of surrender between Generals Lee and Grant. While it is understandable that it was a somber situation for Lee, why was it also for Grant and the other Union officers present?
- Assess the terms of surrender Grant offered Lee and the Army of Virginia. Why do you think Grant made such an offer?
QUESTIONS FROM GRANT’S MEMOIRS:
QUESTIONS FROM GRANT’S MEMOIRS:
- The selection you are reading is from US Grant’s personal memoirs of the Civil War, Chapter LXVII (Forty-seven). What kind of perspective would you expect Grant to have regarding these events?
- At the beginning of the chapter, Grant describes the events of the day before he and Lee meet. What illness or ailment did Grant have at this point? How did he try to cure it? How it was finally cured?
- Grant also includes several excerpts of correspondence between General Lee and himself. How would you describe the correspondence between the two?
- Some of Grant’s commanding officers (Mead and Sheridan) believed that Lee did not intend to surrender at all, but had an alternative purpose. What did they believe Lee planned to do?
- Finally, Lee and Grant met in the McLean home. Had they met each other before? What did Grant recollect about this? According to Grant, how were he and Lee dressed?
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