What Happened to Civil War Generals After War?

In this epilogue episode James and Scott talk about the Union and Confederate generals whom we've gotten to know so well after the war finished. They became presidents, professors, bankrupt businessmen, assassination victims, and everything in between.

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Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, only four days after Lee's surrender. He was 56. After a long funeral procession, he was buried near his home in Springfield, IL. He is widely considered to be one of our greatest presidents, if not our greatest.

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