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Grant's Headquarters
Lincoln's Plans
For Reunification
Reunifying the torn segments of his nation was
paramount in Lincoln's mind as he received news
of the fall of Petersburg. Lincoln never let
the world forget that the Civil War involved
an even larger issue. This he stated most movingly
in dedicating the military cemetery at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania: "that we here highly resolve
that these dead shall not have died in vain
— that this nation, under God, shall have
a new birth of freedom — and that government
of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth." (The
National Archives.)
Learn
more about Grant's Headuarters at City Point,
VA:
Setting
Up Camp
President Lincoln Comes to
City Point
The Meeting That Changed
the Course of History
A Vision For Peace
Lincoln Waits For the War's
End
A Deadly Premonition
The Siege of Petersburg
Lincoln's Plans For Reunification
Lincoln's Dream Comes to
Life
Preserving Grant's Cabin
Visiting Grant's Headquarters
at City Point, Petersburg National Battlefield,
Hopewell, VA
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