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APPOMATTOX PLACE OF SURRENDER
APPOMATTOX BATTLE PARK
APPOMATTOX
HERE ON SUNDAY APRIL 9, 1865
AFTER FOUR YEARS OF HEROIC STRUGGLE IN DEFENSE OF PRINCIPLES BELIEVED FUNDAMENTAL TO THE EXISTENCE
OF OUR GOVERNMENT
LEE SURRENDERED 9000 MEN THE REMNANT OF AN ARMY STILL UNCONQUERED IN SPIRIT TO 118,000 MEN UNDER GRANT
FROM MONUMENT AT APPOMATTOX BATTLE PARK
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