The emergence in 2005 of a disease (Trichomonosis) that was new to Greenfinches hit the Greenfinch population hard, with a decline of c.20% in regional breeding populations during the year following the outbreak (Robinson et al. 2010).
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Let Us Have Peace by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. On April 9, Lee surrendered his army to Grant at the small village of Appomattox Court House. General Grantâs generous terms of surrender fulfilled Lincolnâs sentiments. For his part, Lee restrained his soldiers from initiating guerrilla warfare. The two generals, who had so opposed disunion and war, contributed significantly to the process of healing.