Image of the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, with both men in military uniform standing before a large tree in the foreground, and soldiers on horseback in the immediate background, with troops and a military camp in a field with hills and the village of Appomattox, Virginia, in the distance. "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1868, by Thos. Kelly, in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York."--text, bottom center margin. "Engd by John C. Mc Rae. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "Published by Thos. Kelly 264 Third Ave. N.Y."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 55.25 x 70.49 cm (21 3/4 x 27 3/4 in.)
Appomattox County (Va.)--Pictorial works Appomattox Campaign, 1865--Pictorial works Generals--Confederate States of America--Pictorial works Generals--United States--Pictorial works Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
Appomattox (Va.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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