3 - Lee And Grant - Their Finest Hour

Threads From The National Tapestry: Stories From The American Civil War · Apr 12, 2018 · 36m

About this episode:

It was a conflict that stretched four years. It began in April and, that same month four years later, so began the beginning of the end. In many wars before and since, winning the war was only half the challenge for, then, victors had to win the peace. And, winning the peace after a civil war presented an ominous set of issues. Indeed, history has shown us that in the French, Russian and Chinese Revolutions, once the fighting ended, then, came the bloodbaths.

That did not happen here and, in large part, we owe that to Abraham Lincoln and to two warriors who made peace not…