Object Details
Description
Once General Robert E. Lee's Army had been cut off from its supplies, the Confederate Army was limping along. By the spring of 1865, Lee had no choice but to surrender his Army of Northern Virginia. This copy of Grant's letter outlining the terms of surrender was made by W. H. Atkinson, a clerk in the Adjutant General's office of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The two commanders met at the McLean home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. There Grant and Lee formalized and signed the surrender.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1865
ID Number
2012.0214.04
accession number
2012.0214
catalog number
2012.0214.04
Object Name
letter
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm
place made
United States: Virginia, Appomattox
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Civil War
Military
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Civil War
related event
Civil War
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1434407