Sitter Robert Edward Lee, 19 Jan 1807 - 12 Oct 1870 Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Date 1865 Object number NPG.84.87 ...

General Lee and 21 confederate generals on horseback. 1867. Courtesy: Library of Congress. The official surrender document of Lee's troops to the Union Army, signed at Appomattox Court House on ...

The surrender of General Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant not only put a stop to the fighting in Virginia, but it marked the beginning of the end of the Civil War.

Object Details maker unknown Location Currently not on view date made ca 1865 ID Number 2016.0215.11 catalog number 2016.0215.11 accession number 2016.0215 Object Name print newspaper clipping Object ...