Appomattox surrender- 149th anniversary

[LincolnToddFan]

General Lee later said(per Jay Winik in "April 1865: The Month That Saved America") that he surrendered as much to Lincoln's goodness as he did to Grant's armies. That, in itself, is remarkable in the annals of warfare.

President Lincoln had often predicted that he would not live to see the end of the war but I thank God for his small mercies that the poor man did love to see it... even if only barely.