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The surrender of General Lee and his entire army to Lieut. General Grant April 9th 1865

Description: Image of Union General Ulysses S. Grant meeting with Confederate General Robert E. Lee under a tree accepting the surrender of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War; military officers stand nearby; forces from both armies and American flags along the hilly ground in the distance.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1866
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000805
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

The surrender of General Lee : and his entire army to Lieut. General U.S. Grant, April 9th 1865

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Image of the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, with both men in military uniform standing before a large tree in the foreground, and soldiers on horseback in the immediate background, with troops and a military camp in a field with hills and the village of Appomattox, Virginia, in the distance.

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The Mexicans evacuating Vera Cruz. And surrendering their Arms to the U.S. Army, under Genl. Scott

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Image of the city of Veracruz, Veracruz-Llave, Mexico, surrendering after being besieged by American forces during the Mexican-American War; Mexican officers are pictured offering a sword in surrender to United States General Winfield Scott and other U.S. officers on a grassy knoll; Mexican soldiers vacate the city while American flags are raised over the city of Veracruz in the background.

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Lieut. General U. S. Grant

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback with sword in an upraised hand riding across a battlefield leading soldiers on foot and on horses in a charge; dead and wounded soldiers on the ground amidst cannon shot.

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Surrender of Port Hudson, La. July 8th 1863

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Image of Union and Confederate officers on horseback meeting as Union General Nathaniel P. Banks accepts the surrender of Port Hudson, Louisiana, during the American Civil War; guns are stacked by Confederate soldiers and a Confederate flag is gathered at left; artillery unit and soldiers line the coastline in background.

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The Battle of Pittsburg, Tenn. April 7th 1862

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Image of armies engaged on battlefield at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing (also called the Battle of Shiloh) in Tennessee during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate foot soldiers charge at each other with wounded and dead soldiers visible on the ground at center; cavalry on horseback charge at bottom right; caption describing battle in bottom margin.

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The Society of the Army & Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland

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Image of a blank certificate issued by the Society of the Army & Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland; portraits of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, and Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Confederate soldiers on the battlefield during the American Civil War, and Confederate flags accompany certificate text at center surrounded by columns.

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The surrender of General Lee and his entire army to Lieut. General Grant April 9th 1865

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