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A Place Called Appomattox Paperback - 2016

by William Marvel

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Although Appomattox Court House is one of the most symbolically charged places in America, it was an ordinary tobacco-growing village both before and after an accident of fate brought the armies of Lee and Grant together there. It is that Appomattox--the typical small Confederate community--that William Marvel portrays in this deeply researched, compelling study. He tells the story of the Civil War from the perspective of those who inhabited one of the conflict's most famous sites.

The village sprang into existence just as Texas became a state and reached its peak not long before Lee and Grant met there. The postwar decline of the village mirrored that of the rural South as a whole, and Appomattox served as the focal point for both Lost Cause myth-making and reconciliation reveries.

Marvel draws on original documents, diaries, and letters composed as the war unfolded to produce a clear and credible portrait of everyday life in this town, as well as examining the galvanizing events of April 1865. He also scrutinizes Appomattox the national symbol, exposing and explaining some of the cherished myths surrounding the surrender there.

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  • Title A Place Called Appomattox
  • Author William Marvel
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press
  • Date 2016-03-21
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781469628394 / 1469628392
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.26 x 0.99 in (23.57 x 15.90 x 2.51 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Deep South
    • Cultural Region: Mid-South
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: Texas
    • Geographic Orientation: Virginia
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Social conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016498895
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.738

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