Alternate title: | Gen. Lee's surrender at the McLean House, Appomattox, Virginia |
Summary: | Artist's depiction of General Lee's surrender at the McLean House, Appomattox, Virginia, circa 1915-1930. Front of card lists those in the parlor during the surrender: "1.Col. Charles Marshall. 2.Gen. R. E. Lee. 3.Maj.-Gen. Seth Williams. 4.Maj.-Gen. E. O. C. Ord. 5.Brig.-Gen. J. A. Rawlins. 6.Col. Ely S. Parker. 7.Maj.-Gen. R. Ingalls. 8.Col. H. Porter. 9.Col. Fred. T. Dent. 10.Gen. U. S. Grant. 11.Col. Orville E. Babcock. 12.Col. Adam Badeau. 13.Gen. Geo. A. Custer. 14.Maj.-Gen. J. G. Barnard. 15.Mar.-Gen. P. H. Sheridan. 16.Col. T. S. Bowers." Caption reads: "Gen. Lee at McLean Parlor. April 9th, 1865. The two armies then remained facing each other during the interview between the two commanders, which took place in the McLean parlor at Appomattox, Va." Postcard number: 61209. |
Provider: | J.P. Bell Co. |
Commercial Colortype Company |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | North America |
United States of America |
Illinois |
Chicago |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Virginia |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Lynchburg |
Temporal subject: |
1861-1870
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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 |
Military officers |
Marshall, Charles, 1830-1902
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
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Williams, Seth, 1822-1866
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Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883
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Rawlins, John A. (John Aaron), 1831-1869
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Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
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Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893
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Porter, Horace, 1837-1921
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Dent, Frederick T. (Frederick Tracy), 1820-1892
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
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Babcock, Orville Elias, 1835-1884
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Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895
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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
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Barnard, J. G. (John Gross), 1815-1882
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Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
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Bowers, Theodore Shelton, 1832-1866
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McLean House (Appomattox County, Va.)
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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (Va.) |
Interiors |
Genre: | Postcards |
Drawings |
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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