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The Surrender, "Surrender Meeting" or “Surrender at Appomattox”: contemporary artist's conception, based upon research by National Park Service historians and curators, depicts the events of April 9, 1865.

The Surrender, "Surrender Meeting" or “Surrender at Appomattox”: contemporary artist's conception, based upon research by National Park Service historians and curators, depicts the events of April 9, 1865.

Gen. Robert E. Lee (left), upon completion of the terms agreement surrendering the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, ends the meeting with a handshake in the parlor room of the McLean House at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Standing at the table to Lee's left is his military secretary and personal aide Lt. Col. Charles Marshall and Grant’s personal military secretary, Lt. Col. Ely Parker. They are joined in the room by (l-r): standing around the room are Lt. Col. Orville Babcock, Maj. Gen. Edward O.C. Ord, Lt. Col. Horace Porter, Capt. Robert Todd Lincoln, Lt. Col. Theodore Bowers, Brig. Gen. Rufus Ingalls, Lt. Col. Adam Badeau, and Maj. Gen. John A. Rawlins. Seated on the right are Brig. Gen. Frederick T. Dent, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, and Maj. Gen. Seth Williams. With his back to the viewer is Brig. Gen. John G. Barnard.

HFC Publications received as a gift from Eastern National two sets of first edition art prints of the painting, copyrighted by Eastern National (transferred to NPS History Collection, November 2017).; Abbr=PUB

U.S. National Park Service

Project=Folder/Handbook; Art_Registration_No=PUB-0147 ; Reflective Art

Government owns art and all reproduction rights.

Public domain

Civil War, (HFC ArtTheme)
, Oil and/or acrylic on canvas, (HFC ArtMedium)

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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Code: APCO

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox County, Virginia
Latitude: 37.3827018737793, Longitude: -78.8009033203125

Image Management System : IMS 10800

HFC Commissioned Art Collection

20190904

01/01/2001 - 12/30/2001

Image_Size=36" x 24"; Count:2/2; Appomattox Court House handbook, cover (detail) and park brochure

Art transferred to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

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Rocco, Keith/Tradition Studios

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