World at War

The Road To Appomattox (live with Beyond Borders)

Andrew mcknight & Beyond Borders filmed at Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville VA (5/9/09). Video editing done by Dustin delage. The concert also includes Andrew’s photos and video on the big screen. Andrew’s haunting original Civil War ballad also appears on his 3rd CD “Turning Pages” (Falling Mountain FM-1031). Andrew – lead vox, acoustic guitar; [...]

19. To Appomattox and Beyond: The End of the War and a Search for Meanings

The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119) Professor Blight uses Herman Melville’s poem “On the Slain Collegians” to introduce the horrifying slaughter of 1864. The architect of the strategy that would eventually lead to Union victory, but at a staggering human cost, was Ulysses S. Grant, brought East to assume control of all Union armies [...]