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The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.

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The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.

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About Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007.Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.