“The Surrender at Appomattox”

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“The Surrender at Appomattox” is a poem by Herman Melville reflecting on the Confederate surrender that effectively ended the American Civil War.

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instanceOf poem
author Herman Melville
collectionBy Herman Melville
countryOfOrigin United States
depictsEvent End of the American Civil War
linked to: American Civil War

Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
firstPublishedIn Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
genre historical poetry
war poetry
hasForm narrative elements
hasHistoricalContext Union victory in the American Civil War
hasHistoricalFigure Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
hasPerspective Union
hasTone meditative
reflective
somber
includedInGenre American poetry
language English
literaryForm lyric poetry
literaryMovement American Civil War literature
American Romanticism
mainSubject American Civil War
Appomattox Court House
Confederate surrender
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
meter irregular meter
partOf Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
portrays dignity of the defeated Confederates
magnanimity of the victors
publicationYear 1866
publisherOfFirstEdition Harper & Brothers
relatedWork Shiloh: A Requiem
The March into Virginia
settingPlace Appomattox Court House, Virginia
settingTime April 1865
theme defeat and honor
end of war
historical reflection
national trauma
reconciliation
workPeriod 19th century

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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War hasPart “The Surrender at Appomattox”