Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant Artifacts at Appomattox

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VIDEO | In this War Department™ episode, American Battlefield Trust Director of History and Education Garry Adelman visits the West Point Museum to showcase items associated with Generals Lee and Grant from the surrender at Appomattox, Va. on April 9, 1865.

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