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The Civil War started with a surrender, ended with a series of surrenders, and had several of its major campaigns end in surrender.

by David Silkenat, Chris Mackowski via Emerging Civil War on March 4, 2020
Surrender in the American Civil War

During the Civil War, surrendering was an honorable way of accepting defeat — under the right circumstances.

by David Silkenat via History Today
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on May 29, 2019
“A Typical Negro”

Gordon, Peter, Vincent Colyer, and the story behind slavery's most famous photograph.

by David Silkenat via American Nineteenth Century History on August 8, 2014

Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War

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