Based on Jay Winik's bestselling book, April 1865 details the succession of events that brought the Civil War to a close, from the fall of Richmond to Appomattox. At each step, Winik argues that the outcome was far from evident, and what emerges is not just a picture of the end of hostilities, but the genesis of a radically transformed nation.

On June 3rd, 1864, General Grant ordered an attack on entrenched Confederate defenders at a crossroads near Richmond. Seven thousand men died in twenty minutes. But, ten months later, Grant was victorious. Cold Harbor not only hastened the fall of the South, it ushered in a new era of warfare.

From the myths surrounding his childhood to the personal trials he endured while in office, BIOGRAPHY presents the definitive look at the leader who brilliantly answered the call of history.

He was a war hero, senior senator, and one of the best Secretaries of War in American history. But secession turned this consummate Washington insidered into the leader of the fight against the government he had so ably served.

His greatest victories came in the service of a cause that divided his nation and his heart. Testimony from men who served under Lee enriches this portrait of the man many consider the finest general to ever live.