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4.7 Q JV1L WAR IN THE EAST 7867-7865
7865 SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE. V IR G IN IA

A fte r th e f a i t o f PeteAbbuAg & Richmond Lee b u i i t wait a it & on
9 .A P R .65 he buAAendeAed t o GAant at Appomattox H om e. th e
CSA botdieA b to go home w ith th e iA hoAbeb bo th a t th ey be abte to u th e iA f

Gen.

Union l le Confederate

Some 2,213,000 men beAved th e Union & o ver 1,00 0 ,0 0 0 w ere in th e C o n fe d e ra te aAmy. The
combined iobb wab oveA 6 00,000 men k it t e d oA dead from d tbea be, & 500,000 w ere wounded.
The war had cobt $4.7 b it t io n . " W e t e A a n b” hetd th e iA n a tio n a t annuat Aeunionb u n tit 1951.

R obert E . L ee, a U iA g in ia n & Ulebt P o in t g A a d [1829), w ith d ib t in c t io n ab an
E n gin eer o f f ic e r in th e U. S. AAmy. L oya tty to hib S ta te caubed hib A eb ig n a tio n in 1861.

From happier timeb - mi "War Department Superintendent". 'FREE ' tetter; top right bignature 2nd Lt. Robert £. Lee.
certifying it mb from office of Chief Engineer, mho did not have franking privilege. At the lop ieft ib 'Free Frank’ of
E. Herring, the civilian Commibbioner of Indian Aff aUbin the I Department mho did have the franking privilege.

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