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Red wood heart of Dighton Goddard
1865
Goddard, Dighton, 1822-1910
Small, carved wooden heart painted red with writings in pencil, "Appomattox April 9th, 1865."
GLC03608.02
Wooden heart of Dighton Goddard
Small unpainted wooden carved heart with writing in pencil, "Lee surr. at App., Apr. 9, a time of rejoy and shouting."
GLC03608.03
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 2, no. 9 (April 12, 1865)]
12 April 1865
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
English opinions 1861-65, Glorious news - Surrender of Lee's army - General Sherman's visit to General Grant.
GLC05959.50.56
The Surrender of General Lee
1868
McRae, John C., fl. 1850-1880
Title continues, "and his entire army to Lieut. General U.S. Grant, April 9, 1865." Depicts Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee in front of a tree in a field. Grant is rendered in the act of handing Lee the...
GLC05472
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 5, whole no.3892 (April 5, 1865)]
5 April 1865
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
Richmond now being evacuated, Letter by President Davis to General Lee, General Lee to General Grant, General Grant to General Lee.
GLC05959.54.48
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 9, whole no.3896 (April 14, 1865)]
14 April 1865
Dispatches from eastern cities show great excitement over the fall of Richmond & Petersburg, Lee's surrender.
GLC05959.54.50
[Unionist epitaph for the Confederacy]
9 April 1865
Large card printed on white glossy cardstock. Printed by James B. Rodgers at 52 & 54 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Dated the day of Lee's surrender. Says "Died near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, The Southern Confederacy...
GLC06056
The Richmond whig. [Vol. 1, no. 9 (April 13, 1865)]
13 April 1865
Bondurant & Elliot
Issue is dedicated to General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Prints the correspondence between General Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant leading up to the surrender. Prints general orders. Includes articles on the fall of the Confederate...
GLC06107.26
Richmond Whig. [Vol. 1, no. 7 (April 11, 1865)]
11 April 1865
Union-occupation issue, covering the fall of Richmond shortly before and the surrender of Robert E. Lee two days before. The front page contains biographical sketches of Confederate generals killed at Richmond or Petersburg, or who played an...
GLC06843
Nominal Lists Casualties, Company Orders, Detailed officers and enlisted men, officers absent and present not on duty
2 May 1863- April 6 1865
Roster of 120th regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. Written on inside cover, in pencil, "The Regiment enlisted 2000 men but returned home unable to muster more than 350 - such had been the work of bullet and desease." First thirteen pages list...
GLC06638
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