Surrender
In this room on April 9th 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
Well...not exactly. The orginal McLean farm house was pretty much gone by the end of the 19th century. The National Park Service painstakingly reconstructed the building and made things as close to what they were at the end of the Civil War.
The desk on the far left was used by Lee, and the desk in the center was used by Grant.
Surrender
In this room on April 9th 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
Well...not exactly. The orginal McLean farm house was pretty much gone by the end of the 19th century. The National Park Service painstakingly reconstructed the building and made things as close to what they were at the end of the Civil War.
The desk on the far left was used by Lee, and the desk in the center was used by Grant.