Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War by Elizabeth R. Varon (review)

Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz

doi:10.1353/CWH.2015.0012

Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War by Elizabeth R. Varon (review)

Eastern Illinois University

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Original language	American English
Journal	Civil War History
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/CWH.2015.0012
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

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Political Science
Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity

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