Civil War | Bind Up the Nation's Wounds | 7
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The War of 1861
Lincoln walked the streets while crowds of freed black men and women flocked to see him. And on April 4th, he arrived and sat down at the desk of Jefferson Davis just 40 hours after Davis had vacated it. On April 9th, Grant's troops cornered Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, 90 miles west of Petersburg. After four long years of grinding battle and bloodshed, the war was finally over - and the Union had won.
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