General Grant to speak to the Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table on September 11, 2023

Ann Arbor Civil War Roundtable Presentation                                             Monday September 11, 2023 7:00pm            Trinity Health (St Joes)                                 Ann Arbor Hospital Administration Building& Education Center                              1st Floor Auditorium Meeting Room         5305 Elliott Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197         “After Appomattox ”                                       by: Dr. Curt Fields                                                                                                                                 In the weeks following the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, General Grant was involved in actions that did not come to the attention of the general public, but demonstrated his humanity and his intent to heal the country. Grant took on no less than President Johnson in a head-to-head showdown between the two men that, had Grant not prevailed, could well have led to a re-kindling of the war