Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Just...

You know, the guy was he his first job was Appomattox Courthouse, and he actually walked by, you know, the house where the Civil War ended every day on his way to his office.

That's neat.

You know, yeah.

He died like a man and like a Christian bear.

On a stone near Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.

Robert C. Wright was born June 26, 1772, died July 2, 1815.

By the bloodthirsty hand of John Sweeney Sr. who was massacred with the knife.

Duró cuatro años brutales, agotadores e implacables, hasta el 9 de abril de 1865, cuando Robert E. Lee se rindió ante Ulysses S.

Grant en Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Para entonces, entre setecientos cincuenta y dos mil y ochocientos cincuenta y un mil soldados habían muerto.

Algunos historiadores elevan la cifra aún más, hasta cerca de un millón, 2 % de toda la población estadounidense.