General Robert E. Lee departing the McLean House after his surrender, sketch by Alfred Waud, April 9, 1865, zoomable image

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Depicted ContentRobert E. Lee meets Ulysses Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House and surrenders his army

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Robert E. Lee leaving the McLean House following his surrender to Ulysses S. Grant

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Morgan Collection of Civil War Drawings, Prints and Photograph Division, Library of Congress

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Artist: Alfred R. Waud

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