Collecting two books written soon after the surrender of Richmond and the end of the Civil War at Appomattox. One account, The Falling Flag:EVACUATION OF RICHMOND, RETREAT AND SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX, was written by EDWARD M. BOYKIN, a Confederate, the other accounts are from the Union point of view and come from the book The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from Richmond to Appomattox.