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- GLC#
- GLC05071
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- 9 April 1865
- Author/Creator
- Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
- Title
- [Announcement of the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox]
- Place Written
- Appomattox, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 12.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Published version of Custer's letter to the soldiers of the Third Cavalry Division thanking them for their outstanding service and praising them for their courage and accomplishments at war. Issued at Appomattox Court House. Custer signed as Brevet Major General Commanding.
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