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- Appomattox Court House Commemorative Medal, 1870-1920 -
- April 09, 1866
- Collections - Artifact
Appomattox Court House Commemorative Medal, 1870-1920
- Newspaper Report of Official Correspondence, "Surrender of Lee!," April 9, 1865 - Since 1864, Union general Ulysses S. Grant had pursued General Robert E. Lee's army through Virginia and by April 1865 finally had worn the confederates out. This newspaper clipping announced the long-awaited news of the surrender. After four long years, the Civil War was coming to an end.
- April 09, 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Newspaper Report of Official Correspondence, "Surrender of Lee!," April 9, 1865
Since 1864, Union general Ulysses S. Grant had pursued General Robert E. Lee's army through Virginia and by April 1865 finally had worn the confederates out. This newspaper clipping announced the long-awaited news of the surrender. After four long years, the Civil War was coming to an end.
- Political Cartoon, "The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track," 1864 -
- 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Political Cartoon, "The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track," 1864
- Portrait of General Robert E. Lee, 1864 -
- 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of General Robert E. Lee, 1864
- Platter, circa 1895 -
- circa 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Platter, circa 1895
- "Battle Scenes of the Rebellion" Surrender at Appomattox, Civil War Panorama - In the 1880s, Thomas Clarkson Gordon, a self-taught artist and Civil War veteran, created a panorama depicting scenes from the Civil War. Gordon stitched together 15 paintings -- each 7 by 14 feet -- into a canvas roll more than 100 feet long. He toured his multi-paneled panorama throughout eastern Indiana, retelling the history of the conflict through his vivid illustrations.
- April 12, 1865
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"Battle Scenes of the Rebellion" Surrender at Appomattox, Civil War Panorama
In the 1880s, Thomas Clarkson Gordon, a self-taught artist and Civil War veteran, created a panorama depicting scenes from the Civil War. Gordon stitched together 15 paintings -- each 7 by 14 feet -- into a canvas roll more than 100 feet long. He toured his multi-paneled panorama throughout eastern Indiana, retelling the history of the conflict through his vivid illustrations.
- Dictionary Possibly Used by General Robert E. Lee's Staff during the Civil War, 1853 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee's staff used this dictionary from 1862 to 1865. After the Civil War, it was given to Lieutenant Colonel Walter H. Taylor. As chief aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee, Taylor wrote countless dispatches and orders for Lee.
- 1853
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Dictionary Possibly Used by General Robert E. Lee's Staff during the Civil War, 1853
Confederate General Robert E. Lee's staff used this dictionary from 1862 to 1865. After the Civil War, it was given to Lieutenant Colonel Walter H. Taylor. As chief aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee, Taylor wrote countless dispatches and orders for Lee.
- General Robert E. Lee, 1864 - This photograph - signed "R.L. Lee" - is the most formal image made of Confederate General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. Taken in Richmond, Virginia, in 1864, it shows Lee posed in his full dress uniform--with the dress sword he would wear when surrendering to U.S. Grant the following year.
- 1864
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General Robert E. Lee, 1864
This photograph - signed "R.L. Lee" - is the most formal image made of Confederate General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. Taken in Richmond, Virginia, in 1864, it shows Lee posed in his full dress uniform--with the dress sword he would wear when surrendering to U.S. Grant the following year.
- CSA General Service Uniform Button, 1861-1864 - Early in the Civil War, the South used surplus Federal eagle buttons - manufactured in the North - on its uniforms. Later, the Confederacy used buttons marked "CSA," for Confederate States of America. After fighting began, the Confederacy imported its military uniform buttons from Europe. When the Federal blockade gradually choked off this supply, a small number of Southern firms turned out versions.
- 1861-1864
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CSA General Service Uniform Button, 1861-1864
Early in the Civil War, the South used surplus Federal eagle buttons - manufactured in the North - on its uniforms. Later, the Confederacy used buttons marked "CSA," for Confederate States of America. After fighting began, the Confederacy imported its military uniform buttons from Europe. When the Federal blockade gradually choked off this supply, a small number of Southern firms turned out versions.
- "Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865" -
- April 09, 1865
- Collections - Artifact
"Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865"