Road to Appomattox

by Brent Hartzell and George Barany

This "mid-week level" puzzle (15x16) was released at a time when we thought our solvers might want to reflect on a historic anniversary (pictorial hint to the right). After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about our subject by clicking here. 

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. We thank Martin Ashwood-Smith, Todd Gross, and Alex Vratsanos for beta testing.

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http://tinyurl.com/appomattoxpuz

More puzzles here (all) and here (tributes).

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