This groundbreaking study chronicles the final battles in Virginia at Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House in April 1865. Author Chris Calkins, who recently retired as the Site Manager at Sailor’s Creek Battlefield State Park, is widely recognized as the war’s foremost authority on the battles of Appomattox and the Appomattox Campaign. “No One Wants to Be the Last to Die” leads readers through the final two days of combat in Virginia, detailing the climactic events at Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House.

Calkins, whose knowledge of the sources and the countryside through which this drama unfolds is unsurpassed, has completely revised and updated this edition of his earlier work published decades ago as part of the H. E. Howard Virginia Battles and Leaders Series. Readers will welcome its return to print.