Mastodawn

Another Jen * 2547 Apr 9, 2024

The Confederacy used many flags. This was their last: a white dish towel used to surrender. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_515980

Happy #ConfederacySurrender day to all who celebrate.

A Flag of Truce

By late 1864 the war was coming to an end. In December Gen. William T. Sherman completed his destructive march to the sea. Richmond, the Confederate capital, fell early in April, and on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.