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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04407 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 9 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Announces the surrender of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox and publishes the correspondence between General Ulysses S. Grant and Lee leading up to the surrender, including the terms and Lee's acceptance.

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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