Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  (CNN) Purezidhendi Abraham Lincoln haana kutongorasikirwa nechido chake chokuti United States irambe yakabatana mukati meHondo yeVanhu. Muhurukuro yake yeChipiri Yokuvamba Basa akaedza kuporesa rudzi kupfurikidza nokutaura kwakanaka kwouzivi hwake negadziriro dzokuhuisa mukuita. "Tisina chakaipa kumunhu upi noupi, tine rudo nokuda kwavose, takasimba mururamisiro sezvo Mwari anotipa kuona kururama", iye akakurudzira kudaro, "ngatirambei tichivavarira kupedza basa ratiri kuita rokusunga maronda amarudzi, kutarisira uyo achange atakura hondo nokuda kwechirikadzi yake nenherera yake, kuita zvose zvingagona kuwana ndokuchengeta rugare rwakarurama nerunogara pakati pedu timene namarudzi ose". Mudzimu wokugadzwa kechipiri kwaLincoln wakanga uri pachena musi waApril 9, 1865 - makore 150 akapfuura - apo mukuru mukuru weConfederate Robert E. Lee nenzira inoshamisa akaisa mauto ake anenge 28 000 kumukuru mukuru weUnion Ulysses S. Grant paAppomattox Courthouse (McLean House) muVirginia. VokuAmerica vanopfuura 600 000 - vokuchamhembe nevokumaodzanyemba zvakafanana - vakanga vafa muHondo yavagari vemo ine ropa. Asi kuuraya kwacho kwakanga kwava kuda kupera. Musangano wenhau pakati paGrant naLee wakatanga nemashoko anofadza pamusoro pemamiriro okunze uye basa ravo pamwe chete muHondo yeMexico. Ushamwari hwakanaka hwaioneka. Kutaura zvazviri, Lee aifanira kukurumidza kuyeuchidza Grant aitaura nezvemabasa ake ehurumende. Pashure pokurangarira zvose, vakanga vari paAppomattox Courthouse kuti vataurirane mashoko okuzviisa pasi. Grant akapedzisira ava norupo nemaune kuvarwi veConfederate. Vaizobvumirwa kuti vasunungurwe, kwete kutongerwa kupinda mumisasa yevasungwa. Vakuru vevapanduki vaitobvumirwa kuchengeta zvombo zvavo. Zvinhu zvevanhu vokumaodzanyemba zvinofanira kuremekedzwa. Kunyange migove yakapiwa naGrant nokuda kwavarwi vaiva nenzara vaLee. Yakanga iri Svondo yeRusvingo uye mumudzimu wokuyananisa kwechiKristu Grant akarayira kuti pasina kupemberera kunoitika mukati meuto reUnion. "Zvino maConfederate akanga ava vasungwa vedu", akanyora kudaro Grant, "uye takanga tisingadi kufara nokuparadzwa kwavo". Kuumbwa kwenyaya pamusoro paAppomattox kwakatanga kubva panguva iyo Lee akabva mudare akatasva bhiza rake kuenda...
Makore 150 akapfuura musi waApril 9, mukuru mukuru weConfederate Robert E. Lee akazvipa paAppomattox Court House. Douglas Brinkley: Mudzimu wechinoitika ichocho chimwe chinhu chokuyeuka nokuda kweAmerica yakakamukana yanhasi.