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O'Sullivan, Timothy McLean family posed on front porch at Appomattox Court House. [April 1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0280 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: Appomattox Court House, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 24.1 x 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso: "McLean's House where Grant & Lee signed the capitulation. Wants 20." Posed on the porch is Mr. McLean, Mrs. McLean, along with one another woman, and a small boy and girl.
See GLC 5111.01.0532

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