The imposing farmhouse of Wilmer McLean was the site of Lee’s surrender to Grant.

In contrast, Johnston surrendered to Sherman in the small frame cottage of James Bennett.

THE CIVIL WAR
1861-1865
Compiled and drawn by Caroline Gray Holcomb SEPT. 1963

[High-resolution Map]

SUGGESTED READINGS

Angle, Paul M., and Miers, E. S., eds., Tragic Years, 1860-1865 (2 vols., 1960) Barrett, John G., Sherman’s March through the Carolinas (1956) Boatner, Mark M., III, The Civil War Dictionary (1959) Catton, Bruce, The Centennial History of the Civil War (2 vols., 1962-63) ____, Glory Road (1952) ____, Mr. Lincoln’s Army (1951) ____, A Stillness At Appomattox (1953) ____, This Hallowed Ground (1956) Commager, Henry S., ed., The Blue and the Gray (2 vols., 1950) Coulter, E. Merton, The Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 (1950) Donald, David, et al., eds., Divided We Fought (1952) ____, ed., Why The North Won The Civil War (1960) Dowdey, Clifford, The Land They Fought For (1955) Eaton, Clement, A History of the Southern Confederacy (1954) Eisenschiml, Otto, and Newman, R. G., eds., The American Iliad (1947) Foote, Shelby, The Civil War (2 vols., 1958-63) Freeman, Douglas S., Lee’s Lieutenants (3 vols., 1942-44) Harwell, Richard, ed., The Confederate Reader (1957) ____, ed., The Union Reader (1958) Henry, Robert S., The Story of the Confederacy (1931, 1936) Horn, Stanley F., The Army of Tennessee (1941, 1953) Jones, Archer, Confederate Strategy from Shiloh to Vicksburg (1961) Ketchum, Richard M., ed., The American Heritage Picture Book of the Civil War (1960) Miller, Francis T., ed., The Photographic History of the Civil War (10 vols., 1911, 1957) Monaghan, Jay, The Civil War on the Western Border, 1864-1865 (1955) Nevins, Allan, The War For The Union (2 vols., 1959-60) Randall, James G., and Donald, David, The Civil War and Reconstruction (1961) Williams, Kenneth P., Lincoln Finds a General (5 vols., 1949-59)

(Students should also consult bibliographies in the above works for additional readings.)