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2. www.nationalgeographic.com › premium › articleThe Confederate flag of truce was a simple dish towel

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   Jun 13, 2023 · This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on...

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   One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 9, 1865, a lone Confederate horseman violently waving a white towel as a flag of truce galloped up to the men of the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry near...

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   Who used a Confederate flag at Appomattox Court House?

   • This towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. It was preserved by Gen. George A. Custer, who was present at the surrender. Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review.

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   How many soldiers died in the Battle of Appomattox?

   • Over the course of the war, some 623,000 Northern and Southern soldiers died. This towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. It was preserved by Gen. George A. Custer, who was present at the surrender.

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   Who helped enlarge the surrender at Appomattox?

   • Two noteworthy figures who helped enlarge the surrender at Appomattox into an image of national reconciliation were Confederate general John B. Gordon and Union general Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

   Appomattox, Surrender at - Encyclopedia Virginia

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   What time did Lee get a message from grant to Appomattox Court House?

   • Confederate general Edward Porter Alexander, chief of artillery for the First Corps, estimated that it was about two o’clock on the afternoon of April 9 when Lee received a message that Grant was on his way to Appomattox Court House and about 4:30 when Lee rode back from his meeting with Grant.

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5. americanhistory.si.edu › collections › searchA Flag of Truce - National Museum of American History

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   This towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. It was preserved by Gen. George A. Custer, who was present at the surrender.

6. www.battlefields.org › learn › primary-sourcesThe Last Salute of the Army of Northern Virginia | American ...

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   The Last Salute Of The Army Of Northern Virginia. From the Boston Journal, May, 1901. Details of the Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, April 9th, 1865. LENIENT TERMS OF GENERAL GRANT.

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Battle_of_Appomattox_CourtBattle of Appomattox Court House - Wikipedia

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   Flag used by the Confederacy to surrender At dawn on April 9, 1865, the Confederate Second Corps under Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon attacked Sheridan's cavalry and quickly forced back the first line under Brevet Brig. Gen. Charles H. Smith.

   • Date: April 9, 1865( 1865-04-09)

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   May 3, 2024 · After the fall of Richmond on April 2–3, Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia had retreated west to the village of Appomattox Court House when, on April 9, the well-positioned Army of the James forced them to raise a white flag.

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    Apr 9, 2011 · Lee's Surrender. Appomattox County, VA | Apr 9, 1865. Trapped by the Federals near Appomattox Court House, Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, precipitating the capitulation of other Confederate forces and leading to the end of the bloodiest conflict in American history. How it ended.