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Grant from West Point to Appomattox
, an 1885 lithograph by
Thure de Thulstrup
of events in the military career of
U.S. President
Ulysses S. Grant
, who died that year. Clockwise from lower left: graduation from
West Point
(1843); in the tower at
Chapultepec
(1847); drilling volunteer soldiers (1861); the
Battle of Fort Donelson
(1862); the
Battle of Shiloh
(1862); the
Siege of Vicksburg
(1863); the
Battle of Chattanooga
(1863); appointment as Commander-in-Chief by
Abraham Lincoln
(1864); and the surrender of
Robert E. Lee
at
Appomattox Court House
(1865).
Restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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