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U. S. CIVIL WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS
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APPOMATTOX
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McLean House - 1865
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McLean House - 1998
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Where the surrender occurred. This is the same McLean whose house was on the battlefield at
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Lee's Table (Reproduction)
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Grant's Table (Reproduction)
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Contrary to some paintings, Lee and Grant did not sit at the same table during the
surrender negotiations. |
Location of the Surrender Tables
Lee's Table is in the Chicago Historical Society Museum. It was taken
from the McLean parlor by General Edward O.C. Ord who claimed he paid $40 for it.
It was stored at Fort Monroe until 1887, after Ord's death. It was then sold to
C.F. Gunther, Chicago businessman whose relics were later passed to the Chicago
Historical Society.
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Gen. Ord and family at the residence of Jefferson Davis,
April 1865. Lee's surrender table is in the doorway.
Grant's Table is in the Smithsonian Institute, Armed Forces Division.
It was taken by General Sheridan who offered $20 in gold to McLean who refused
the offer. The table was taken anyway and money thrown on the floor. The table
was sent to Mrs. Custer by her husband and loaned to the Smithsonian in 1912.
Title to the table was transferred in 1936, ten years after Mrs. Custer's death.
Source (in part): National Park Service
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Site of Lee's Final Headquarters at Appomattox
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ON THIS SPOT WERE
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ESTABLISHED THE HEADQUARTERS
OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE C.S.A.
COMMANDING FROM APRIL 8TH
TO APRIL 11TH, 1865.
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