Alternate title: | Civil War Virginia, Appomattox |
Summary: | Civil War Virginia, Appomattox, Virginia, circa 1981-2000. Caption reads: "Here on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his men to Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all U.S. forces. Lee's surrender, five days before President Lincoln's assassination, signaled the end of the Confederate States' attempt to create a separate nation. Background: Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Top: Grant and Lee discuss surrender terms inside the McLean House (picture courtesy Appomattox Court House National Park); the reconstructed McLean House today." Postcard number: VA 188. |
Creator: | Card, Ron |
Card, Linda |
Provider: | Cards Unlimited, Inc. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | North America |
United States of America |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Virginia |
Keysville |
Temporal subject: |
1981-1990
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1991-2000
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Appomattox |
Topical subjects: | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (Va.) |
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
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McLean House (Appomattox County, Va.)
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Cannons |
Parks |
Houses |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
War, Military |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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