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PAGE 2: Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, DC. PAGE 3: Lee's surrender 1865. “Peace in Union ” The surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865. RIGHT: Ulysses S. Grant.

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PAGE 6: Gettysburg Cemetery. Headstones of soldiers from the American military at the site of the American Civil War at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.