Lee Surrendering to Grant at Appomattox (ca. 1870) Artist Alonzo Chappel captures the quiet dignity of the moment when Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in the simple parlor of Wilmer McLean’s home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. After four years of fighting, Lee surrendered his army, and Grant offered terms even more generous than Lee had hoped for.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C./Art Resource, NY.