Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 [Robert E. Lee and staff]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00957 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: April 20, 1865 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Order a Copy
Photographed on Lee's back porch in Richmond, shortly after his surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. Depicts General Robert E. Lee with his son, Brigadier General George Washington Custis Lee, and Colonel Walter H. Taylor, Lee's aide-de-camp during the Civil War. Lee is seated, flanked by the other men.
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