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Gen. Lee
Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: April 22, 2007
Caption: Gen. Lee's Surrender Uniform & Sword
Additional Description: When Gen. Robert E. Lee met with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the McLean House on April 9, 1865, he wore "a new uniform" and a "sword of considerable value." This is the actual uniform and sword that Lee wore on that day. They are on display at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va.
Submitted: March 14, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p18530
File Size: 3.418 Megabytes

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