Appomattox Court House

132 Pages·2002·21.2 MB·English

by  National Park Service

Appomattox
House
Court
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Frontcover: Detail from the painting Surrender atAppomattox,
April 9, 1865, by Keith Rocco. Officers shown in the room in-
clude, left to right, Lt. Col. Charles Marshall, Lt. Col. Ely S.
Parker, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Lt. Col. Orville Babcock, Lt. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant, Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, Lt. Col. Horace
Porter, and Capt. Robert Todd Lincoln. Back cover: Appomat-
tox CourtHouse National Historical Park, looking northeast
along the Old Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Road.
Appomattox
House
Court
Appomattox Court House
National Historical Park, Virginia
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Harpers Ferry Center
National Park Service
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ISBN 0-912627-70-0
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Court House National Historical^a(rk(Va0: United
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States. National Park Service. Division ofPublications.
II. Handbook (United States. National Park Service.
Division ofPublications); 160.
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