Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 [Special Field Order no. 54]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03553 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: Smithfield, North Carolina Type: Manuscript document Date: 12 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Signed by Dodge, a Brigadier General as an official notice. Notifies the Union army that General Robert E. Lee has surrendered his entire army to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse. Ends with, "Glory to God . . A little more labor, a little more toil on our part, the great race is won and our Government stands regenerated after its four long years of bloody war."
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