also is the home of george pierce, the county clerk. he had a special guest for dinner general jocelyn kj -- general jocelyn chamberlain. over the course of their dinner conversation -- chamberlain has the lee-grant meeting site all the way up to the maclean house. his men are out here for several hours before the confederate approach and start leaning on the rifles, talking among themselves. as the confederate troops approach, general chamberlain calls his men to attention. they straighten up and called out shoulder arms. he's got about 4500 men lining the road on the north and south side and is presenting this loop. general gordon at the head of the confederate column calls on his men. they come up a division of time and face front, stack their arms and turnover their flags. that's one of the hardest things for those confederate soldiers. giving them up symbolize the end of the war. the confederates would counter march, go back to the appomattox river valley and would put everything in line and reform. there are eight or nine division

also in front of me is the home of george pierce, the county clerk. on the evening of april 11 1865, he had a special guest for dinner general joshua chamberlain who had set up his headquarters in his yard. at this dinner, chamberlain brought with him coffee, real coffee that pierce had not had in over a year. over dinner conversation, pierce undoubtedly learned chamberlain was in charge of the actual surrender ceremony on the morning of april 12. chamberlain has his this road from the re-grant meeting site all the way up to the mclean house on the morning of april 12 at about 5:00. his men are out here for several hours before the confederates approach. they start leaning on their rivals -- rifles and talking amongst themselves. as the confederate troops approach, general chamberlain called his troops to attention. they straighten up and lift their arms to this position. he has about 4500 men lining the wrote on the north and south side presenting a salute to the confederate soldiers. general gordon returns the salute and calls to him in -- his men t

. >> some of that artillery fire is coming from the yard of george pierce.at the eastern edge of the village. those batteries are members of the lich monday howlitzers. here's an illustration of the firing of the last gun. william brown is with the salem flying artillery. and one of those shells finds this fella here. hirem clark. he's claimed to be the last casualty of the army of the potomac. i don't know that that's necessarily true. but it is a ralter ralter tragic story. he finds out his regimen is moving out on campaign. he finds himself from the hospital and joins his regimen. marches all the way back, is hit by an artillery shell and killed out right. we always knew about this illustration. a couple years ago. found a photo of him. one of the last casualties. there are 25 men in the forty and 14th north carolina that volunteer to sacrifice them while gordon's men retreat. thoer led by this fella here. most of them end up getting captures. they're forming a line of defense. he's brought his division over for support. but what we're going to look at he

also in front of me is the home of george pierce, the county clerk. and on the evening of april 11, 1865 he had general joshua chamberlain who had set up his tent in his yard. and at this dinner, chamberlain brought coffee, something pierce hadn't had in well over a year. and over the course of the dinner conversation, pierce undoubtedly learned that chamber land was in charge of the surrender ceremony for the confederate infantry on the morning of april 12. chamberlain has his men lining this road from the lee/grant meeting site all the way to the mcclain house on april 12 at about 5:00. his men are out here for several hours before the confederates approach. and they start leaning on their rifles talking amongst themselves but as the troops approach, they have their attention. they straighten up. and he calls out shoulder arms lift the rifles from the ground to this position here. he's got about 4,500 men lining the road and presenting a salute. general gordon is coming up returns the salute and calls to his men to shoulder arms as well. they return

and george pierce lives across from surrender triangle, he was the county clerk. and -- lives across from the house, he was the commonwealth's return -- attorney. and be on the farms, -- beyond the farms, many people cultivated. indeed the slaves that worked here were worth almost twice as much as the land they worked upon. their homes, log buildings dozens of barnes in the village it is likely that by 1865, many women and men and children had heard of the emancipation proclamation. the union army and the freedom that would accompany it had always been miles and miles away from appomattox, until april 1865. >> in a town like this, new neighbors met big excitement. they seem to come along only once a decade or so. and wilbur mclean, his wife virginia, his son and their young daughter lulu arrived here in 1863. the curiosity was surely intensified. appomattox had experienced war from only afar, the mclean's moved here from the midst of it. a close reading of confederate newspapers and 1861 would have rendered the locals here familiar with the mclean name long before

also is the home of george pierce, the county clerk. he had a special guest for dinner, general jocelyn kj -- general jocelyn chamberlain. over the course of their dinner conversation, -- chamberlain has the lee-grant meeting site all the way up to the maclean house. his men are out here for several hours before the confederate approach and start leaning on the rifles, talking among themselves. as the confederate troops approach, general chamberlain calls his men to attention. they straighten up and called out shoulder arms. he's got about 4500 men lining the road on the north and south side and is presenting this loop. general gordon at the head of the confederate column calls on his men. they come up a division of time and face front, stack their arms and turnover their flags. that's one of the hardest things for those confederate soldiers. giving them up symbolize the end of the war. the confederates would counter march, go back to the appomattox river valley and would put everything in line and reform. there are eight or nine divisi

also in front of me is the home of george pierce. he was the county clerk.nd on the evening of april 11 1865, he had a special guest for dinner general joshua chamberlain, who had set up his headquarters tent in his yard. at this dinner, chamberlain brought with him coffee, real coffee that pierce hadn't had in well over a year. and over the course of their dinner conversation, pierce undoubtedly learned that chamberlain was in charge of the actual surrender ceremony for the confederate infantry on the morning of april 12th. chamberlain has his men lining this road from the lee grant meeting site all the way up to the mclean house on the morning of april 12th at about 5:00. his men are out here for several hours before the confederates approach, and they start leaning on their rifles talking amongst themselves. but as the confederate troops approach, general chamberlain calls his men to attention. they straighten up, asknd then he calls out shoulder arms. they lift their rifles from the ground to this position here. he's got about 4,500 men lining the road,

. >> george davis was in front of me, he raised the gun up and looked at me with almost like black, piercing eyes, seemed to look right through me. i started to turn around and was kind of hunched over and he shot me. the bullet had gone into right above my belly button. >> luckily, somebody pulls carroll back inside the bar before davis can shoot him again. but carroll's girlfriend at the time is still outside, and davis shoots her in the hip. soon after, he goes back to his car and drives off. davis drives through the montana night. the next morning, deputy bernie alstad pulls him over for speeding but before the deputy can get out of the car, davis attacks, shooting up his vehicle. alstad is wounded and davis is also hit but he gets away. that's when deputy conway gets the call that an officer is down, and he's nearly run off the road. montana trooper jason hildenstab joins conway in the chase. he's working an extra shift and just clocked in, so he's low on gas. >> that was going to be my first order of business, to go get my car filled up, unknowing that i was going to be in a long high