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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Gettysburg to Appomattox

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the ongoing battles between Union and Confederate armies resulting in Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Cwsac: Civil War Battle Summaries: Appomattox Court House

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief description of Lee's attempts to escape at Appomattox Court House and his eventual surrender.
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Surrender at Appomattox, 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the events leading up to the surrender of the South and the surrender itself. Includes communication between Grant and Lee leading to their meeting at Appomattox.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Surrender at Appomattox

For Students 9th - 10th
Website provides a detailed look at General Lee's surrender at the Appomattox Court House. Site provides a summary, facts about events, video [2:59], and frequently asked questions section for kids.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil War for Kids: Robert E. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox

For Students 1st - 9th
Research information about Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox. Learn how the event that led to the end of the American Civil War.
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Other

Beeghley Tech Innovations: Teaching the Civil War With Technology: Battles

For Students 6th - 9th
This is an alphabetical list of links to resources for specific battles of the Civil War such as Antietam and Appomattox.
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Other

Civil War Traveler: Multimedia Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
This organization provides podcast tours of twenty-six Civil War battles. These recordings were designed to accompany a walking tour of each battle field. All podcasts are designed to download on a multimedia player.
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Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Lee's Letter to Jefferson Davis

For Students 9th - 10th
Lee communicates the cutoff of supplies and the events which followed it, causing his surrender.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: The Death Knell of the Confederacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the website for the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, this site details the final battles at Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House. Pictures and a map included.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Road to Appomattox

For Students 5th - 8th
Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, the primary fighting force of the Confederacy, was vastly reduced as a result of the nine-month siege of Petersburg. Read about how Lee escaped. only to be surrounded at Appomattox Courthouse...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Civil War, 1861 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of maps showing important campaigns and regions of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The maps show important cities and towns, railroads and campaign routes, terrain and coastal features, and rivers. The maps include (1)...
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US National Archives

Our Documents: Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (1865)

For Students 9th - 10th
The document outlining the terms of surrender, agreed upon by Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, which ended the Civil War in 1865. Interactive image accompanied by background information and transcript.
Primary
War Times Journal

War Times Journal: From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of James Longstreet

For Students 9th - 10th
An online edition of the famous Confederate general's wartime memoirs. He fought in such battles as Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg and more.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Assassination of the President:attempted Murder of Secretary Seward

For Students 7th - 8th
This excerpt from an 1865 newspaper, Evening Star, contains multiple accounts of the night President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward were attacked. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E....
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The War in the East, 1861 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the area of the American Civil War in the east, including the major battle sites of Bulls Run Creek, Manassas Junction, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Virginia, 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
The region where the closing days of the Civil War were fought. Appomattox Courthouse (where Lee surrendered) is also shown.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General George Crook

For Students 9th - 10th
General Crook, born near Dayton, O., September 8th, 1828, died in Chicago, Ill., March 21st, 1890, was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1852, and was on duty with the Fourth Infantry in California in 1852-'61. He had...