Appomattox Court House Virginia. McLean house – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Appomattox Court House Virginia. McLean house comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Appomattox Court House Virginia. McLean house
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At Appomattox Court House, this house is where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met on April 9, 1865, and where Lee agreed to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia. Its owner, Wilmer McLean, had moved his family away from the fighting at Manassas, only to see the war arrive at his door again. The glass negative comes from the Library of Congress's Civil War collection, and its sleeve gives the caption as the McLean house. Earlier cataloging credited Alexander Gardner, though that attribution is now uncertain.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: McLeans House Appomattox Court House. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,308 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47005 |
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