Civil War Trading Cards

The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is being celebrated by issuing Civil War commemorative trading cards. There are 189 trading cards available at National Parks throughout the Northeast Region and Washington D.C. areas. The cards are intended to encourage participants to think about the significance of the historic civil war sites visited. All cards are available in the visitor center.

 

Mort Kunstler

As part of the surrender agreement, Confederate infantrymen marched into the village to turn over their rifles, flags and military equipment along the stage road.

 

Gen. Robert E. Lee met Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the parlor of the McLean House and surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

 

Seven year old Lula McLean's doll was in the parlor on April 9, 1865. After the meeting Union officers jokingly referred to it as the "Silent Witness."

 

Hannah Reynolds was a slave of Dr. Samuel Coleman. During the Battle of Appomattox Court House she was killed when an artillery shell hit the Coleman house.

 

As part of the surrender agreement, the Confederate prisoners of war received a parole pass. This document proved that they had surrendered and allowed them to go home.

 

Lt. Col. Ely Parker, Chief of the Seneca Nation and on Gen. Grant's staff, produced the final draft of the surrender for Grant's signature.